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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Takeshi Saitou (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Calvin Larios (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Saitou comes to the cage accompanied by XENO. Larios has chosen Schizophrenia ft. Smugglaz - P.S.T (Fliptop Intro) as his entrance music. Calvin Larios is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.
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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 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Takeshi Saitou!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Calvin Larios!
The judges for this bout are Taro Takaoka, Shigeki Fujiwara and Hirohito Nitta.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Saitou escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Saitou has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Saitou there as he acknowledges the shot.
Larios scores with a jab. Saitou acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Larios gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Saitou to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Larios uses the cage to get back to his feet.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Saitou clinches up with Larios and pushes him back against the cage.
Saitou breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Saitou takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Larios drives through and clinches with Saitou against the cage.
Saitou is trying to stall.
Larios is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Saitou to keep the fight standing.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Saitou breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Larios.
A combination from Saitou does no damage.
Saitou shoots in for a takedown but Larios shows good takedown defense.
Saitou has his takedown stuffed
and Larios counters with a straight right hand.
Larios will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Takeshi Saitou has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Calvin Larios.
Some wild striking there from Larios.
Saitou darts in looking for a takedown but Larios gets double underhooks and turns Saitou into the cage.
Larios looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Saitou tries for a takedown but Larios circles away easily
and Larios counters with a lovely straight right hand!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Larios goes for a double leg but Saitou avoids the attempt and the two fighters end up clinched against the cage as Saitou continues to drive forward.
Saitou tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Larios paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Larios shoots for a takedown but Saitou saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Larios moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Saitou shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Saitou is breathing heavily.
Saitou tries to close the distance and clinch up but Larios swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Larios swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Saitou shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Saitou showed some decent athleticism there.
Larios manages to escape and get back to his feet!
Saitou looks to land a combination but Larios avoids it well.
Saitou stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Saitou wants it to stay on the feet.
Saitou wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
Saitou tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Larios defends well and Saitou ends up having to push Larios into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Larios darts in looking for a takedown but Saitou gets double underhooks and turns Larios into the cage.
Saitou is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from Larios.
Larios fakes a strike and closes the distance, dragging Saitou to the ground. Larios is now in Saitou's guard.
Larios is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Larios distracts Saitou with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Saitou looking to control.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Larios trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Larios slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
Larios with a flurry of punches that miss.
Larios stands up and waves to Saitou to follow him.
Larios misses with a few strikes there.
Saitou throws a lazy head kick
and Larios counters with a left and a right that stings Saitou.
Saitou shoots in for a takedown but Larios shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Larios lands a jab to Saitou's midsection.
Larios goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Larios has taken the fight to the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Calvin Larios dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Larios lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Saitou backs up against the cage.
Larios swats away the attempt to clinch by Saitou.
Larios closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Larios misses with a wild combination.
Saitou manages to get an easy takedown there - catching Larios on his heels. He'll look to pass Larios's guard now, I'm sure.
The fighters are working up against the cage. Larios manages to wriggle his way back to his feet, so the fighters are now clinched against the cage.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Saitou pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Larios closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Saitou pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Takeshi Saitou is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Saitou rushes Larios and presses him up against the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Saitou pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Larios is trying to break the clinch but Saitou is controlling him.
Saitou misses with a hook from the clinch.
Larios is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Saitou keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Larios's efforts to push away.
Saitou pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Saitou misses with a leg kick.
Saitou is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
A little jabbing left from Larios on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Larios shoots in but no luck this time.
Saitou fails with the takedown
and Larios counters with a left and a right that stings Saitou.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Larios throws a head kick that misses.
Larios lands a nice shot to the body.
Larios misses with a double jab.
Larios is breathing heavily.
Nice takedown defense from Larios. No joy for Saitou on that attempt.
Larios lands a slapping body shot.
Saitou shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Larios defends it nicely.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Takeshi Saitou. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Larios's jab looks to have found its range, popping Saitou under the eye.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Larios misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Saitou fails in his attempt to clinch.
Nice takedown defense from Saitou. No joy for Larios on that attempt.
Larios has managed to clinch.
Saitou has Larios pressed against the cage.
Saitou escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Saitou shoots in for a takedown but Larios shows good takedown defense.
Larios throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Saitou's waist but Saitou gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Larios off to one side.
Larios gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Larios is pressed up against the cage. Saitou has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Larios down to the mat. Larios avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Saitou has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Calvin Larios seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Saitou avoids the head kick by Larios.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nice cross by Larios.
Saitou closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Larios to the mat! Larios manages to get full guard.
Larios pushes Saitou off and scrambles back to his feet.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Saitou on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Larios lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Larios.
A shot to the liver by Larios. Beautiful body shot.
Larios closes the distance and clinches up with Saitou, looking for a takedown. Larios pushes Saitou against the cage but Saitou circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Saitou wants to clinch.
Saitou stuffs the takedown attempt from Larios. Larios gets slowly back to his feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Calvin Larios showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
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. This is the final round!
Larios swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Saitou tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Larios manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
As Saitou backs off Larios throws a huge counter combo but Saitou manages to avoid it all.
Larios has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Saitou closes the distance looking to clinch
and Larios counters with a three punch combo that has Saitou backing up. Saitou nods at Larios to acknowledge the strikes.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Larios is defended easily by Saitou.
Larios scores with a jab.
Larios takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Larios scores with a body shot.
Saitou misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice takedown defense from Larios. No joy for Saitou on that attempt.
Larios's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Larios duly obliges.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Larios!
Larios throws a one two combo.
Larios throws a series of strikes that have Saitou backpedaling.
Saitou tries to clinch there but Larios circles away.
Saitou swats away the attempt to clinch by Larios.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Saitou fails with a takedown attempt.
A little jabbing left from Larios on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Takeshi Saitou. That's going to take a lot out of him.
A nice combination there by Larios.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Saitou is trying hard to land a takedown here. Larios sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Larios drives through with a takedown into guard.
Larios showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Saitou had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Larios defends it easily.
Saitou controls Larios momentarily but Larios frees himself.
Larios trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Larios throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Saitou works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Larios with a flurry of punches that miss.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Larios sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Saitou's guard.
Larios with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
Larios landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Calvin Larios is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Saitou tries to roll over but Larios keeps him under control.
Larios not doing much here.
Calvin Larios has got the better of the ground game so far.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Larios thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Saitou's head.
The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.
Horrible takedown attempt by Larios or perhaps it was just good defense by Saitou, which made it look bad.
Saitou takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Larios looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into side control! Oh, that's bad for Saitou!
Saitou wants to get back to his feet but Larios drags him back down.
And that's the end of the fight!
Calvin Larios comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Larios 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 Taro Takaoka scores the fight 27:30
Judge Shigeki Fujiwara scores the fight 27:30
Judge Hirohito Nitta scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Calvin Larios!
After the fight, Calvin Larios was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.
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