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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Garth Gordon (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Juan Paciente (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.
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140 lbs
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145 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Cuts easily |
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BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Determined |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Garth Gordon!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Juan Paciente!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Yamamoto, Kenichi Hosakawa and Shigeki Sano.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gordon swats away the attempt to clinch by Paciente.
Paciente tries to clinch but Gordon is having none of it.
Paciente will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Gordon changes levels looking for a counter takedown but doesn't commit.
Paciente darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Paciente prevents Gordon from standing back up.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Gordon tries to get to full guard but Paciente has control of the leg.
Paciente is keen to just control but Gordon is a slippery customer.
Paciente is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
Gordon is positioning himself well to prevent Paciente advancing to mount.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The fighters are battling for position here. Gordon manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Gordon is pulling down on Paciente's head. It's preventing any offense from Paciente, at least for the moment.
Paciente wants to control from the top but Gordon keeps moving.
Gordon trying to keep a closed guard but Paciente is proving a slippery customer.
Paciente throwing strikes from guard but Gordon blocks nicely.
Gordon is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.
Gordon controls Paciente momentarily but Paciente frees himself.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Paciente closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Gordon quickly recovers to half guard.
Gordon desperately trying to maintain half guard.
Gordon wants to get back to his feet.
Paciente is looking to take a break and control but Gordon is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Gordon looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Gordon is controlling Paciente's position as best he can from this difficult position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Paciente trying to control the action but Gordon is working from the bottom.
Paciente looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Gordon punching from the bottom.
Paciente winds up and cracks Gordon with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Gordon is controlling Paciente's trapped leg to prevent Paciente from advancing to side control.
Paciente wants to pass to mount but Gordon is defending the position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Paciente trying to control the action but Gordon is working from the bottom.
Gordon wants to get back to full guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Paciente is figuring out what he wants to do next.
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Gordon slips a jab and a cross from Paciente.
Paciente misses with a wild combination.
Gordon throws a head kick but Paciente moves out of range.
Gordon shoots in but Paciente avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Gordon circles away from the clinch attempt.
Paciente tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Gordon paws at him with a jab and circles away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Juan Paciente dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!
Gordon tries to keep at a distance but Paciente has taken the fight into the clinch.
Paciente has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Gordon tries to pull guard but Paciente forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Paciente misses with a short punch on the inside.
Paciente has managed to pull guard. Let's see whether he can work an aggressive guard. It will also be interesting to see what tactics Gordon uses from the top position.
Gordon lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Paciente holds on and takes a little breather.
Gordon throws an elbow that misses. Paciente uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Gordon's guard. Nice move by Paciente!
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Gordon is pulling down on Paciente's head. It's preventing any offense from Paciente, at least for the moment.
Paciente won't allow Gordon to get back to his feet.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gordon working a defensive guard but Paciente manages to pass into side control anyway.
Gordon looks to move to half guard but instead Paciente has passed into mount! Damn!
Gordon holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Paciente tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
Paciente looking to control and managing it successfully.
Paciente trying to control but Gordon is having none of it.
Gordon holds of for dear life.
Gordon really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Paciente looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.
Paciente avoids the attempt from Gordon to control.
Gordon is looking to improve his position but Paciente isn't that keen on the idea.
Paciente raining down hammerfists from mount.
Gordon is in all sorts of trouble here.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gordon tries to lock up and control but Paciente gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
The referee warns Gordon that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Gordon is squirming around, avoiding Paciente's attempts to control the action.
Paciente sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Gordon blocking the ground and pound.
Gordon tries to hold on but Paciente pushes him away.
Paciente landing punches.
Paciente can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Gordon is looking to escape.
Gordon wants to control but Paciente is having none of it.
Paciente tries to control but Gordon wriggling away.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gordon gets back to half guard.
Gordon punching from the bottom.
Gordon tries to regain full guard. Instead though, Paciente has advanced to mount. Uh oh.
Paciente fails to move to back control.
Gordon is trying to escape but when you're mounted that's not too easy.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Gordon tries to hold on but Paciente postures up.
Paciente pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Juan Paciente showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!
Paciente throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Gordon appears to be looking for a counter takedown.
Paciente tries to clinch there but Gordon circles away.
Gordon tries a head kick but it misses.
Gordon blocks the body kick.
Paciente shoots in but no luck this time.
Paciente goes for a double leg but Gordon avoids the attempt and the two fighters end up clinched against the cage as Gordon continues to drive forward.
Gordon tries to counter by clinching up but Paciente breaks away and moves out of range.
Paciente tries for a takedown but Gordon sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Garth Gordon has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Juan Paciente.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Paciente is looking to clinch.
Paciente tries to close the distance and clinch up but Gordon swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Paciente moves in looking to clinch but Gordon pushes him off.
Gordon is looking to counter the offense by Paciente and move into the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Paciente shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Gordon counters by moving into the clinch.
Paciente turns his back and goes for a hip toss. It's a bit messy but it gets the job done and Paciente manages to end up in side control.
Gordon tries to improve position but can't.
Gordon manages to get back to half guard.
Gordon controlling the position for now.
Gordon is trying to get back to full guard.
Gordon preventing any damage for now, controlling his opponent's head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gordon tries to strike from the bottom but it doesn't land.
Paciente is trying to control the action in half guard but Gordon is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Paciente trying to control the pace.
Gordon wants to get back to his feet.
The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.
Paciente takes a swing at Gordon's ribcage but misses.
Gordon throws a leg kick but Paciente sees it coming and moves out of range.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gordon checks a leg kick nicely.
Paciente shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Gordon pinned against the cage. Gordon gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Paciente defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Gordon.
Paciente throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Paciente throws a head kick that misses
and Gordon counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Gordon tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Paciente smiles and moves away.
Gordon circles away from the clinch attempt.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Paciente dives in and scores a takedown into Gordon's guard.
Gordon is looking to stand up but Paciente isn't so interested in that idea.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Paciente wants to control from the top but Gordon keeps moving.
Paciente is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Paciente trying to control but Gordon is working from the bottom.
And that's the end of the fight!
Juan Paciente comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Paciente winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Yukihiro Yamamoto scores the fight 27:30
Judge Kenichi Hosakawa scores the fight 27:30
Judge Shigeki Sano scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Juan Paciente!
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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
RATING
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