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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Joe Miranda (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Gary Ridgway (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Gary Ridgway has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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183 lbs
1 - 0 - 0 |
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175 lbs
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Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine |
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Olympic wrestler
Excellent MT
Granite chin |
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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
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Joe Miranda!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Gary Ridgway!
The judges for this bout are Taro Takaoka, Yukihiro Yamamoto and Sosuke Kotani.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ridgway connects with a solid leg kick.
Ridgway ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Miranda moves away.
Ridgway misses with a left hand
and Miranda counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Miranda looks to throw the jab but Ridgway is out of range.
Miranda swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Miranda checks a leg kick.
Ridgway uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Miranda.
Ridgway uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Miranda.
Miranda uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Ridgway.
Ridgway slips under a jab.
A shot to the body from Ridgway misses
and Miranda counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Miranda with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Ridgway moves out of range as Miranda strikes.
Ridgway throws a low kick but Miranda moves out of range easily.
Miranda throws an overhand right that lands on Ridgway's shoulder, as Ridgway tries to avoid the shot.
Miranda lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Ridgway at a distance.
Miranda lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Miranda rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Ridgway counters with a nice double leg into guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Miranda looking to hit a scissor sweep but Ridgway is one step ahead there.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ridgway throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Miranda works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Ridgway sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Ridgway advances position into side control!
Miranda gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
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.
Ridgway is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Ridgway tries to pass the half guard into mount. Miranda knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Ridgway throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Ridgway tries to pass the half guard into mount. Miranda knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Ridgway is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Miranda is trying to control but can't.
Ridgway tries to pass the half guard into mount. Miranda knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Miranda is looking for a sweep. Ridgway is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Ridgway throwing shots but Miranda is blocking nicely.
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Ridgway moves out of range of the strikes.
Miranda misses with a looping right.
Ridgway has tried to improve his agility in the runup to this fight.
Ridgway is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Miranda's half guard.
Ridgway missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Ridgway seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Ridgway trying to control from Miranda's half guard. Miranda has other ideas though and has regained full guard.
Ridgway connects with a couple of short punches.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Ridgway wants to pass the guard but Miranda is keeping the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Gary Ridgway will probably get the nod.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Ridgway closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Miranda stuck in half guard on the bottom here.
Ridgway advances to mount.
Ridgway throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Ridgway is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Miranda can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Miranda is rocked!
Ridgway is working close to his opponent, looking to work a submission by the looks of things. Oh, he's managed to get a guillotine from mount as his opponent reached up! That looks tiiiiight! Will he tap? YES, he's tapped! Impressive submission by Ridgway!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:57 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Gary Ridgway!
Gary Ridgway thanked the fans post fight for their support.
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energy
A | B |
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hype
A | B |
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
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