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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Kayden Li (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Takeya Morimoto (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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Dangerous knees
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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
0 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Kayden Li!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Takeya Morimoto!
The judges for this bout are Richard Clark, Andrew Berry and Chris Edwards.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Li on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Morimoto. Morimoto obviously looking to wear him down.
Li instigates a clinch.
Morimoto misses with a knee to the head.
Li takes a knee right on the jaw!
Li misses with a knee strike.
Morimoto misses with a knee to the head.
Morimoto avoiding damage as Li throws knees to the body.
Li with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Li looking to throw knees to the head but Morimoto is blocking nicely.
Morimoto misses with a knee strike.
Morimoto with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Morimoto misses with a knee to the head.
Morimoto with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Morimoto is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Li is defending well for now.
Morimoto tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Morimoto missing with knees to the body.
Li blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Li with an attempt at a knee that misses.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Li tries a knee to the head but Morimoto blocks it.
Morimoto blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Li tries to land knees in the clinch but Morimoto avoids the damage to the body.
Li tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Li tries to land a knee to the head but Morimoto blocks with his arms.
Morimoto using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Li has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Li with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Morimoto trying to control the position but instead, Li has worked for underhooks and has pushed Morimoto into the cage.
Morimoto tries a knee to the head but Li blocks it.
Li throws a knee to the head but misses.
A knee to the head by Morimoto.
Li tries a knee to the head but Morimoto blocks it.
Morimoto on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Li being controlled against the cage.
Li connects with a knee to the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Morimoto on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Li avoiding damage as Morimoto throws knees to the body.
Morimoto throws a knee to the head but misses.
Li is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Morimoto is defending well for now.
Morimoto misses with a knee strike.
Li lands a nice knee to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Li on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Morimoto misses with a knee strike.
Morimoto trying to land knees to the body.
Li connects with a nasty looking knee right to Morimoto's face.
Li landing knees to the head.
Morimoto tries to land knees in the clinch but Li avoids the damage to the body.
Li tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Morimoto is trying to maintain a safe position but Li gets an underhook and turns Morimoto into the cage.
Morimoto looking to throw knees to the head but Li is blocking nicely.
Li managing to block the knees to the body from Morimoto.
Morimoto using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Li has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Morimoto unloads a knee to the mid-section. Li lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Li misses with a knee strike.
Morimoto misses with a knee to the head.
Morimoto taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Li scores with a knee to the head.
Morimoto tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Li using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Morimoto has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Li with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Morimoto tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Li avoids it.
Li misses with a knee to the head.
Li throws a knee to the head but misses.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Li with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Li misses with a knee to the head.
Li using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Li with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Li is breathing heavily.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Li throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Morimoto blocks it with crossed arms.
Morimoto throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Li blocks it with crossed arms.
Knees to the body from Li.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Li tries to land a knee to the head but Morimoto blocks with his arms.
Morimoto using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Li has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Li tries a knee to the head but Morimoto blocks it.
Morimoto misses with a knee strike.
Li scores with a knee to the head.
Li taking a breather.
Morimoto throws a knee to the head but misses.
Morimoto blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Morimoto with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Morimoto misses with a knee strike.
Morimoto blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Morimoto tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Kayden Li will probably get the nod.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Li forces Morimoto back against the cage and clinches.
Li tries a knee to the head but Morimoto blocks it.
Morimoto tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Morimoto looking to throw knees to the head but Li is blocking nicely.
Morimoto is trying to stall.
Morimoto throws a knee to the head but misses.
Li missing with knees to the body.
Li misses with a knee to the head.
Morimoto tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Li tries to land knees in the clinch but Morimoto avoids the damage to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Morimoto tries a knee to the head but Li blocks it.
Morimoto managing to block the knees to the body from Li.
Morimoto missing with knees to the body.
Morimoto throws a knee to the head but misses.
Morimoto scores a nice knee to the body.
Li connects with a knee to the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Li with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Li is looking to control Morimoto's arms but Morimoto gets an underhook and turns him. Now Li has his back to the cage.
Morimoto takes a knee right on the jaw!
Li scores with a knee to the head.
Li tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Morimoto misses with a knee to the head.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Morimoto obliges.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Li tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Morimoto avoids it.
Li tries to land knees in the clinch but Morimoto avoids the damage to the body.
Morimoto throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Li blocks it with crossed arms.
Morimoto with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Morimoto tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Morimoto with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Morimoto working Li over with knees to the body.
Morimoto with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Li misses with a knee to the 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!
Morimoto holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Li connects with a knee to the head.
Morimoto holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Morimoto tries a knee to the head but Li blocks it.
Li misses with a knee strike.
Morimoto avoiding damage as Li throws knees to the body.
Morimoto is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Li is keeping busy.
Li throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Morimoto blocks it with crossed arms.
Morimoto tries to land a knee to the head but Li blocks with his arms.
Li tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Morimoto misses with a knee to the head.
Li missing with knees to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Li throws a knee to the head but misses.
Morimoto throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Li blocks it with crossed arms.
Li tries a knee to the head but Morimoto blocks it.
Morimoto pressing his opponent against the cage.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Li on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Morimoto scores with a knee to the head.
Morimoto managing to block the knees to the body from Li.
Li scores with a knee to the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Morimoto is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Li is defending well for now.
Li with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Li with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Morimoto lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Li tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Morimoto with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Li is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Morimoto crunches a lovely knee into Li's ribcage.
Morimoto blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Morimoto misses with a knee strike.
Kayden Li has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Li missing with knees to the body.
Morimoto tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Li tries to land a knee to the head but Morimoto blocks with his arms.
Li misses with a knee strike.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Takeya Morimoto will probably get the nod - 10:9.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!
Morimoto gets tackled into the cage by Li. Li maintains the clinch.
Li tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Morimoto throws a knee to the head but misses.
Li with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Morimoto looking to slow down the pace here.
Morimoto working Li over with knees to the body.
Li with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Li tries to land a knee to the head but Morimoto blocks with his arms.
Morimoto using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Morimoto misses with a knee strike.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Morimoto misses with a knee to the head.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Li blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Li tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Li with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Morimoto misses with a knee strike.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Li tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Morimoto obliges.
Li with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Morimoto tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Morimoto just leaning against Li, taking a breather.
Li misses with a knee strike.
Li is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Morimoto is defending well for now.
Li with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Morimoto lands a knee to the head.
Morimoto working Li over with knees to the body.
Li blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Stalling in the clinch from Morimoto.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Morimoto obliges.
Li blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Morimoto throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Li blocks it with crossed arms.
Morimoto throws a knee to the head but misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Morimoto scores with a knee to the head.
Morimoto tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Morimoto throws a knee to the head but misses.
Morimoto tries a knee to the head but Li blocks it.
Li takes a knee to the side of the body.
Li landing knees to the head.
Li tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Morimoto avoids it.
Li using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Morimoto has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Morimoto tries a knee to the head but Li blocks it.
Li tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Li with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Morimoto with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Morimoto misses with a knee strike.
Morimoto tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Li managing to block the knees to the body from Morimoto.
Li is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Morimoto is keeping busy.
Morimoto misses with a knee to the head.
Morimoto throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Li blocks it with crossed arms.
Li looking to throw knees to the head but Morimoto is blocking nicely.
Li tries to land a knee to the head but Morimoto blocks with his arms.
Li tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Morimoto avoids it.
Morimoto lands a knee to the head.
Morimoto on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Morimoto with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Morimoto missing with knees to the body.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Morimoto with a knee to the head.
Morimoto throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Li blocks it with crossed arms.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Li lands a nice knee to the body.
Li lands a knee to the body.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Morimoto with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Morimoto using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Li has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Li missing with knees to the body.
Li throws a knee to the head but misses.
Li throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Morimoto blocks it with crossed arms.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A knee to the head by Morimoto.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Li is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Morimoto is keeping busy.
Morimoto lands a knee to the body.
Li is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
And that's the end of the fight!
Takeya Morimoto comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Morimoto has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Richard Clark scores the fight 28:29
Judge Andrew Berry scores the fight 28:29
Judge Chris Edwards scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by split decision... Takeya Morimoto!
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energy
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hype
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FIGHT
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