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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Matt Gentry (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Neymar Junior (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Gentry might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Triumph - Wu Tang Clan. There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.
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170 lbs
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Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
10 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Matt Gentry!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
10 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Neymar Junior!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Shimada, Yukihiro Yamamoto and Sosuke Kotani.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gentry bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Junior's head.
Junior slaps away a takedown attempt from Gentry, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Junior keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Gentry rushes Junior and pushes him back against the ropes in a clinch.
Junior lands a body shot.
Gentry tries a body shot but Junior blocks it.
Gentry prevents a body shot from Junior.
A right hand to the body from Junior.
Gentry pushes Junior back against the ropes and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Junior blocking some punches.
Gentry struggles to land a body shot inside as Junior controls his hands.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Gentry works on Junior's body with a couple of short punches.
Junior scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Junior takes a shot to the head.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Gentry.
With the fighters clinched against the ropes, Gentry creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Gentry pushes Junior back against the ropes and lands a hook to the side of the head.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Junior.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gentry lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Junior or not.
Gentry lands with a right to the head.
Gentry tries a body shot but Junior blocks it.
Junior working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Gentry lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Junior backwards.
Gentry throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
A short left from Junior.
Junior blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Gentry lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Junior lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Gentry looking to slow down the pace here.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Junior.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Junior tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Gentry's elbow.
Junior misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Junior blocks a body shot from Gentry.
Gentry scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A shot in the inside from Gentry.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Gentry.
Junior tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Gentry prevents a body shot from Junior.
Junior misses with a hook to the ribs.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Gentry goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Junior blocks an uppercut.
Gentry struggles to land a body shot inside as Junior controls his hands.
Gentry lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Junior controlling the action here for a moment.
Junior can't find room to land a body shot as Gentry controls the action.
Gentry lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Junior backwards.
Gentry taking a breather.
Gentry lands a body punch.
Gentry lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the ropes.
Junior misses with a short punch on the inside.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gentry is working Junior over against the ropes.
Gentry is working for a takedown up against the ropes. He can't get it on this occasion though.
A right hand to the body from Gentry.
A body shot lands from Gentry.
Junior throws a head punch that misses.
Gentry lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Gentry blocking some punches.
Gentry taking a breather.
Junior misses with a punch on the inside.
Gentry misses with a hook to the ribs.
Junior stalling in the clinch but Gentry improves position.
A nice right hand lands inside from Junior.
Gentry blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Gentry wants a takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Matt Gentry. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Gentry has picked Junior up - he's going for a ride! Gentry dumps his opponent to the mat with a thud and settles into half guard.
Gentry sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Junior defending well though.
Gentry is trying to control the action in half guard but Junior is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Junior won't allow Gentry to pass to mount.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Gentry not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Junior avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Gentry.
Junior wants to control but Gentry is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Gentry throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Gentry performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
Gentry slips a nice elbow through Junior's hands, connecting with Junior's forehead.
Gentry has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Junior is looking to improve his position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Matt Gentry dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!
Gentry shoots in looking for a takedown. Junior tries to sprawl out of it but Gentry keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the ropes. Junior manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Gentry closes the distance and clinches up with Junior, looking for a takedown. Gentry pushes Junior against the ropes but Junior circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Junior swings for the body but Gentry moves out of range.
Gentry tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Junior manages to circle out of the way.
Gentry connects with the punch.
Gentry keeps the fight on the outside.
Gentry swings for the body but Junior moves out of range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Gentry connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Gentry is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Junior can do to turn this around?
Junior takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Junior avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gentry listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Junior throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
An attempted straight right counter from Gentry misses the target.
Good shot there by Gentry.
Gentry gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Junior counters with a right hand to the body.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Matt Gentry. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Gentry lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Junior moves out of range as Gentry strikes.
It looks like Gentry has been trying to sharpen up his punching technique, as it looks crisper than last time we saw him.
Gentry staying out of range there.
Junior tries to close the distance and clinch but Gentry swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Gentry lands with a straight right. Junior didn't see that one coming.
Gentry throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jab by Gentry.
Junior misses with a low kick as Gentry jumps back.
Gentry tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Junior manages to circle out of the way.
Gentry takes a swing at Junior's ribcage but misses.
Gentry backing away here, and Junior unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
Gentry misses with a body punch
and Junior counters with a nice body shot.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Gentry throws the left hand but Junior avoids the punch easily.
Junior looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Junior misses with an uppercut.
Junior tries to work over Gentry's front leg with a kick but Gentry checks it.
Gentry attempts a counter takedown but Junior avoids it well and moves away.
Junior lands with a hook. Gentry tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Junior throws a body shot but no joy.
Gentry swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Gentry closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Junior did well to prevent Gentry getting side control.
Gentry throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gentry working Junior over with strikes.
Junior keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Junior is staying active underneath Gentry, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Junior pushes Gentry off looking to stand but Gentry dives back in and keeps control.
Gentry throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Gentry lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Gentry winds up and cracks Junior with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Junior tries to get to full guard but Gentry has control of the leg.
Gentry is trying to control the action in half guard but Junior is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Junior felt the need to train up his defensive grappling in the buildup to the fight. Presumably he was expecting to be in a difficult position like this, so let's see if he can get out of it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gentry keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
Junior keeping hold of Gentry's head, controlling as best he can.
Gentry not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Gentry has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Gentry tries to control but Junior wriggling away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Matt Gentry dominated that second 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. This is the final round!
Junior keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Junior walks into a jab.
Gentry misses the jab.
Junior misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Gentry.
A jab lands there for Junior.
Junior throws out a powerful jab.
Matt Gentry is winning the standup battle so far.
Gentry scores with a jab to the body.
Gentry looks to land a left hand but Junior moved out of range nicely.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Junior misses the shot to the body.
Gentry is looking to counter punch.
Junior throws a hook to the side of Gentry's head but Gentry sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Gentry throws a body punch but Junior moves out of range.
It seemed like Junior was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Junior drops his hands momentarily and Gentry takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Jab from Gentry.
Gentry connects with a nice looking jab.
Gentry connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Gentry scores with a jab to the body.
Junior swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Junior throws a low kick but Gentry moves out of range easily.
Gentry connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Junior momentarily.
A jab from Gentry does it's job there.
Gentry swings away with a body shot that misses
and Junior cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Neymar Junior has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Matt Gentry seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Gentry moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Gentry drops his hands momentarily and Junior takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Gentry jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Gentry scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Gentry is putting a hurting on Junior here, landing some big shots from side control.
Gentry throwing shots but missing, from side control.
Gentry tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
Gentry is working Junior over with some ground and pound from side control.
Matt Gentry overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Gentry wants to lay and pray for a moment but Junior keeps working.
Gentry connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Junior some visible discomfort.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gentry postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
Gentry happy to just control the position for now.
Gentry landing strikes.
Gentry wants to control but Junior is keeping him busy.
Junior takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Gentry working away.
Junior taking a bit of punishment here - Gentry scoring with strikes.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Check out the look on Gentry's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Gentry lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Junior down.
Junior parries the strikes from Gentry easily there. Gentry is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Junior to escape.
Junior takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Gentry has knee on belly and moves into mount.
Gentry lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Junior hang on?
Gentry lands a heavy elbow.
A nice elbow there by Gentry.
Junior is rocked!
And that's the end of the fight!
Matt Gentry showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Gentry has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Shimada scores the fight for Matt Gentry!
Judge Yukihiro Yamamoto scores the fight for Matt Gentry!
Judge Sosuke Kotani scores the fight for Matt Gentry!
Matt Gentry wins by unanimous decision!
A very excited looking Matt Gentry rambled incoherently for about 5 minutes post fight about how awesome he is. It was kinda funny for a while but then everyone got annoyed.
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energy
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hype
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