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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Vai Tyler (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Lucio Scolari (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Tyler's entrance music is Ace of Spades. A fine choice. Lucio Scolari will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.
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160 lbs
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154 lbs
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Decent wrestler
Brawler
Big heart |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the lightweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Vai Tyler!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Lucio Scolari!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Fujiwara, Yuuki Gou and Yukihiro Yamamoto.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tyler ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Scolari throws a poor cross that misses
and Tyler counters with a one-two to the body.
Scolari misses with an uppercut
and Scolari takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Scolari is rocked!
Scolari throws a big shot that misses.
Scolari is still on wobbly legs! Can Tyler finish him?
Tyler slips under a jab.
Scolari is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Tyler.
Scolari scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Scolari rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Tyler makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Scolari seems to have recovered his senses.
Scolari cracks Tyler with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Scolari getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Tyler moves into the clinch successfully.
Tyler blocking some punches.
Tyler effectively controlling the action here.
Scolari working aggressively here.
Tyler lands a left hand that snaps the head of Scolari backwards.
Tyler breaks from the clinch.
Scolari lands a jab to the nose.
Scolari looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Scolari throws a hook to the side of Tyler's head but Tyler sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Tyler darts in and clinches Scolari up against the cage.
Tyler misses with an elbow over the top.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tyler blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Tyler misses with a hook to the ribs.
Tyler pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Lucio Scolari seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Scolari waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Tyler.
Scolari throws a body shot but no joy.
Scolari lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Scolari misses the shot to the body.
Tyler rushes Scolari and presses him up against the cage.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Tyler breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Scolari tries to keep at a distance but Tyler has taken the fight into the clinch.
Tyler pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Tyler tightens his grip and picks Scolari up, before dumping him to the ground. Scolari manages to land in guard.
Tyler has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Tyler throwing strikes but missing.
Tyler trying to control the position from guard on top but Scolari is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Tyler accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Scolari working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Tyler.
Tyler trying to control the position from guard on top but Scolari is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Scolari not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Scolari avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
Tyler throws a big elbow that misses.
We've been hearing that Tyler has been drilling a lot of ground and pound in training, so let's see if he get the finish.
Tyler wants to control from the top but Scolari keeps moving.
The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Scolari scores with a jab to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tyler on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Scolari uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Tyler moves into range and clinches up with Scolari.
Tyler blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A nice left hand lands by Tyler.
Tyler pushes Scolari back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Tyler tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Scolari avoids it.
Tyler blocks an uppercut.
Scolari misses with a hook from the clinch.
Tyler pushes Scolari back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Scolari swings wildly with an uppercut but Tyler uses good head movement to avoid it.
A head punch on the inside from Scolari fails to land.
Scolari has a couple of punches blocked by Tyler.
Tyler lands with a right to the head.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Scolari swings wildly with an uppercut but Tyler uses good head movement to avoid it.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Tyler.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tyler has picked Scolari up - he's going for a ride! Tyler dumps his opponent to the mat with a thud and settles into half guard.
Scolari avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Tyler.
Scolari keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Tyler wants to pass the guard but Scolari is defending well.
Scolari is refusing to be controlled, as Tyler sits in half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Scolari is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Tyler scores with a couple of nice shots.
Scolari blocking the ground and pound attempt from Tyler.
Scolari keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Vai Tyler 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.
Tyler takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Scolari throws a hook but Tyler blocks it.
Scolari connects with the punch.
Tyler closes the distance and clinches.
Tyler tries to throw a body punch but Scolari avoids it by throwing Tyler back against the cage.
Tyler pushes Scolari back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Scolari throws a punch but it's blocked by Tyler.
Tyler blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Tyler blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Tyler blocks an uppercut.
Tyler gets the body lock takedown. After a quick scramble, Scolari regains guard.
Tyler loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Tyler is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Tyler postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Tyler throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Scolari works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Scolari looking to control.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Scolari preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Tyler scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Tyler throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Scolari has momentary wrist control but Tyler slips an elbow through the middle.
Tyler working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Tyler chips away with some ground and pound.
Tyler with a flurry of punches that miss.
Tyler connects with a couple of short punches.
Tyler with a flurry of punches that miss.
Tyler throws a big right hand that misses.
Tyler throwing strikes but missing.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tyler trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Tyler loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Tyler trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Tyler throwing strikes from guard but Scolari blocks nicely.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
Tyler throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Scolari works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Tyler takes the fight into the clinch.
Tyler makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Tyler breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Tyler moves into range and clinches up with Scolari.
Scolari swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Scolari blocks an elbow strike from Tyler.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tyler creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Tyler lands an elbow inside.
Scolari tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Tyler breaks from the clinch.
Tyler scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Tyler misses with the ground and pound.
Tyler fails to land a wild elbow strike.
Tyler 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.
Tyler cracks Scolari with an elbow. That is naaassty.
Tyler connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Scolari some visible discomfort.
Scolari dodges the ground and pound from Tyler.
Tyler swings around for an armbar but Scolari sees it coming a mile off and turns beautifully into Tyler's guard.
Tyler pulls Scolari in close to prevent any damage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Scolari has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Tyler is proving hard to escape from.
Scolari stopping the sweep attempt from Tyler.
Tyler is trying to keep Scolari in close.
Tyler on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Tyler tries to get out of the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Vai Tyler dominated that second round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Tyler defending well as Scolari loads up on a big left hand.
Tyler clinches with his opponent.
Scolari misses with a short punch on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Scolari.
Tyler creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Scolari's defenses.
Nice elbow from Tyler.
Tyler escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Tyler closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Tyler missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Tyler connects with a nice short shot to Scolari's temple.
Tyler missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Scolari trying to control from the bottom.
Tyler working over Scolari with some ground and pound. Scolari looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Tyler thows a huge punch but Scolari dodges it nicely.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tyler is trying to control the action in half guard but Scolari is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Tyler working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Tyler thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Tyler lands strikes from half guard.
Tyler throwing shots but Scolari is blocking nicely.
Tyler missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Scolari takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Scolari blocking the ground and pound attempt from Tyler.
Scolari avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Tyler.
Tyler missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Tyler not landing any meaningful shots this time.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Scolari avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Tyler.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
Tyler throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Tyler slips under a jab from Scolari.
Tyler throwing a counter right hand but Scolari manages to avoid it.
Tyler clinches up with Scolari and pushes him back against the cage.
Tyler blocks an uppercut.
Scolari misses with some punches.
Scolari's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Scolari avoids the elbow strike from Tyler, against the cage.
Tyler manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back.
Tyler escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Scolari gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Tyler is pulling down on Scolari's head to control his posture.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tyler tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Tyler is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.
Tyler is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Tyler controlling the position.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Tyler is on top in guard.
Tyler is working Scolari over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
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.
Tyler postures up in Scolari's guard and throws a big left but Scolari blocks it.
Tyler throwing strikes from guard but Scolari blocks nicely.
Scolari is trying to keep Tyler in close.
Scolari utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Tyler wants to control from the top but Scolari keeps moving.
Tyler is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Scolari can do to turn this around?
Tyler is looking to work some ground and pound but Scolari has wrist control.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Tyler postures up in Scolari's guard and throws a big left but Scolari blocks it.
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Tyler swinging wildly here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Vai Tyler clearly takes 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.
Tyler pushes Scolari up against the cage in a clinch.
Scolari has a couple of punches blocked by Tyler.
Tyler is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Scolari is defending well for now.
Tyler pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Tyler works for the underhooks and manages to get a trip takedown into guard.
Scolari trying to keep a closed guard but Tyler is proving a slippery customer.
Tyler sitting in guard, not really doing much.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Tyler is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tyler loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Tyler trying to control the position from guard on top but Scolari is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Tyler with a nice head shot there.
Tyler working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Tyler trying to control but Scolari is working from the bottom.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Scolari waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Tyler.
Tyler forces Scolari back against the cage and clinches.
Scolari misses with a punch on the inside.
Scolari misses with the head strike.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tyler lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Vai Tyler has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Tyler pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Tyler working Scolari over with knees to the body.
Scolari misses with a punch on the inside.
Tyler lands a nice elbow.
Tyler's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Scolari swings for the body but Tyler moves out of range.
Scolari misses with a hook.
It looked like Tyler wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Scolari throws a hook to the side of Tyler's head but Tyler sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Scolari catches Tyler with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Tyler throws a jab when Scolari was well out of range.
Tyler has Scolari up against the cage in a clinch.
This has been an exciting period of action!
With the fighters up against the cage, Tyler throws an elbow but misses.
Tyler lands a damaging elbow.
Tyler lands a good knee to the midsection. Scolari won't want to take too many of those.
Scolari is pressed up against the cage. Tyler has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Scolari down to the mat. Scolari avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Scolari getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Scolari just misses with a punch to the body.
Scolari looks to land a left hand but Tyler moved out of range nicely.
Tyler has managed to clinch.
Tyler lands a knee to the body.
Scolari avoids a wild elbow strike from Tyler.
Tyler breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
A left lands for Scolari.
Scolari swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Tyler walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Tyler has managed to clinch.
Tyler tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Scolari avoids it.
Tyler lands a good knee to the midsection. Scolari won't want to take too many of those.
Scolari working aggressively here.
Scolari swings wildly with an uppercut but Tyler uses good head movement to avoid it.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Tyler blocking some punches.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Scolari.
Scolari throws a punch but it's blocked by Tyler.
Scolari is fighting off a takedown attempt but Tyler is just too persistent for him and manages to trip Scolari to the mat. Scolari regains guard as soon as the fighters hit the mat.
Tyler with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Tyler trying to control the position from guard on top but Scolari is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Tyler working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Scolari is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Tyler with a flurry of punches that miss.
Tyler trying to control but Scolari is working from the bottom.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Vai Tyler had his way with Lucio Scolari in that 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.
Scolari misses with a straight right.
A swing and a miss from Scolari.
Tyler is looking to counter punch.
Tyler takes a swing at Scolari's ribcage but misses.
Scolari thows a left - swing and a miss!
Tyler uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Scolari.
Tyler staying out of range there.
Scolari pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Tyler gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Nice body punch from Tyler - that landed with a thud.
Tyler breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Scolari gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Tyler accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Scolari is wobbling all over the place through exhaustion. Will he make it to the final bell?
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Scolari is trying to keep Tyler in close.
Tyler working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Scolari's head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tyler trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Scolari preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Vai Tyler overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Scolari trying to control the position.
Tyler lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Tyler scoring with punches to the head and body.
Tyler with a flurry of punches that miss.
Tyler content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Tyler postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Lucio Scolari has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tyler gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
Lucio Scolari is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Scolari fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Tyler moves into the clinch.
Scolari has a couple of punches blocked by Tyler.
Tyler is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Scolari is defending well for now.
Tyler misses with an elbow strike.
Scolari swings wildly with an uppercut but Tyler uses good head movement to avoid it.
Tyler throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Scolaris head.
Tyler has moved round to his opponent's back and is looking for a suplex! Oh snap! He's tossed Scolari clear over his head and slammed him to the mat!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Tyler is throwing punches to the body, looking to soften Scolari up.
Tyler lands with a couple of good shots - one to the side of the head and one questionable shot that could be viewed as to the back of the head but the referee lets it go.
Scolari trying to control the hands but Tyler won't let him.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Scolari covers up after that shot from Tyler.
Tyler scores with punches to the body.
Tyler misses with punches from the back.
Vai Tyler is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Scolari trying to control but not successfully.
Scolari tries to roll but Tyler sticks to his back.
Tyler controls the action.
Tyler's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
And that's the end of the fight!
Vai Tyler showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Tyler, 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 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Shigeki Fujiwara scores the fight for Vai Tyler!
Judge Yuuki Gou scores the fight for Vai Tyler!
Judge Yukihiro Yamamoto scores the fight for Vai Tyler!
Vai Tyler wins by unanimous decision!
Vai Tyler is the new lightweight champion!
An out of breath and clearly excited Vai Tyler thanked RAGS of a RONIN for their help and support (and free stuff they sent him).
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