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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Smasher Money (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Oscar von Richthofen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Money comes to the cage accompanied by Gives You Hell. Man, I cannot wait for this one!
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235 lbs
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220 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Cuts easily |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Very confident |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Smasher Money !
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Oscar von Richthofen!
The judges for this bout are Sosuke Kotani, Yukihiro Yamamoto and Yasuomi Hirokawa.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The fight moves into the clinch position.
von Richthofen lands a knee to the body.
von Richthofen misses with a punch to the body.
von Richthofen tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Money jumps into guard, dragging von Richthofen to the mat.
von Richthofen prevents Money from getting back to his feet.
von Richthofen wanted to stand there but Money had control of the position.
Money wants to get back to his feet but he's too absorbed in his own little project and von Richthofen manages to pass to side control.
Money is trying to get back to full guard.
Money is working hard here to advance position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
von Richthofen throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
von Richthofen content to control rather than advance.
Money tries to kick von Richthofen off in order to stand up. von Richthofen Avoids the leg push though and dives into side control.
Money is breathing heavily.
von Richthofen moving around in side mount but really he's just happy to control for now.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Money is trying to control von Richthofen's posture but von Richthofen avoids it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
von Richthofen taking a breather here.
Money struggling a bit here.
Money being controlled for a moment.
Money tries to get back to half guard but can't.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
von Richthofen misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.
Money is not content to let von Richthofen control the position.
von Richthofen decides to stand back up. von Richthofen steps back and let's Money get back to his feet.
von Richthofen darts in trying to clinch
and Money counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Money .
That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Money .
von Richthofen landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Money on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
von Richthofen tries to score a body lock takedown but Money shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
von Richthofen missing with knees to the body.
von Richthofen prevents the takedown attempt.
Money tries to break the clinch but von Richthofen is controlling the position.
von Richthofen tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Money breaks the clinch.
Money has taken the fight to the clinch.
Money lands a body shot in the clinch.
Money lands a takedown into guard.
Money trying to control but von Richthofen is working from the bottom.
von Richthofen has butterfly guard. He's looking to stand up here. He pushes Money off him and springs to his feet nicely. The crowd applauds.
Money moves into range and clinches up with von Richthofen.
Money gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from von Richthofen.
Smasher Money has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Oscar von Richthofen.
von Richthofen tries to stall but Money uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
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 Smasher Money will probably get the nod.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
von Richthofen clinches but Money breaks the clinch
and Money counters with a straight right hand.
Money moves into the clinch successfully.
Money managing to block the knees to the body from von Richthofen.
Money avoiding damage as von Richthofen throws knees to the body.
von Richthofen stops a takedown attempt from Money .
von Richthofen wants a takedown.
Knees in the clinch landing for von Richthofen.
von Richthofen trying to land knees to the body.
Money escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Money shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has von Richthofen pinned against the cage. von Richthofen gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
von Richthofen stuffs the takedown attempt from Money . Money gets slowly back to his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Smasher Money . That's going to take a lot out of him.
von Richthofen clinches but Money breaks the clinch
and Money counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for von Richthofen!
Money is trying to take his opponent's back.
Money avoids the attempt from von Richthofen to control.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Money looking to ground and pound but von Richthofen is blocking nicely.
Money throws some wild stikes that von Richthofen manages to avoid easily.
von Richthofen is squirming around, avoiding Money 's attempts to control the action.
Money sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Money avoids the attempt from von Richthofen to control.
Money controlling from mount.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
The referee warns von Richthofen that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Money controlling his opponent.
Money throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
von Richthofen is trying to reverse the position but instead Money has taken his back - oops!
Money misses with a punch to the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
von Richthofen is defending well here and trying to improve his position.
Money working for the choke.
Money missing with punches from the back.
Money thows a strike but von Richthofen uses the opportunity to reverse the position! Great move by von Richthofen as he ends up in Money 's guard!
von Richthofen postures up.
von Richthofen stands up from guard. Let's bang!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Both fighters circling a little - von Richthofen finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
von Richthofen is looking to slow Money down with leg kicks.
von Richthofen has taken the fight to the clinch.
Money managing to block the knees to the body from von Richthofen.
von Richthofen trying to land knees to the body.
Money breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Money misses with a takedown attempt - von Richthofen sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
von Richthofen fails with the takedown.
Money clinches up with von Richthofen and pushes him back against the cage.
von Richthofen misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Money .
Money manages to pull guard.
Money controlling von Richthofen's posture.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Smasher Money dominated that second round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.
von Richthofen tries to clinch up
and Money counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in von Richthofen's guard now.
Money pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. von Richthofen is keeping the position for now.
von Richthofen lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Money !
von Richthofen trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Money is in all sorts of trouble here.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
von Richthofen controlling the pace for now.
von Richthofen prevents Money from getting the reversal.
von Richthofen controlling the position easily from mount.
Money is in all sorts of trouble here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
von Richthofen looking to control but Money is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
von Richthofen prevents Money from getting the reversal.
von Richthofen trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Money can't escape the position.
Money is squirming around, avoiding von Richthofen's attempts to control the action.
Money takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Money really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
von Richthofen looking to control but Money is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
von Richthofen lands a big shot there that rocks Money but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Oscar von Richthofen has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Smasher Money overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Money is in all sorts of trouble here.
von Richthofen trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Money is looking to get to half guard.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
A nice elbow there by von Richthofen.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Smasher Money .
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Money , winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Sosuke Kotani scores the fight 30:27
Judge Yukihiro Yamamoto scores the fight 30:28
Judge Yasuomi Hirokawa scores the fight 29:29
In favor of your winner, by majority decision... Smasher Money !
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
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