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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Takeo Kawayama (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Marco Garda (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.
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145 lbs
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136 lbs
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Very strong |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Powerful |
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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 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Takeo Kawayama!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Marco Garda!
The judges for this bout are William Gold, James Atkins and James Ackerman.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Garda works Kawayama's body with a nice hook.
Kawayama connects with a good right hand that stumbles Garda. Garda circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Garda looks to throw the jab but Kawayama is out of range.
Kawayama is looking to counter punch.
Takeo Kawayama seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Garda feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Kawayamas jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Kawayama moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Garda with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Kawayama lands a lovely overhand right.
Garda scores with a hook to the body. Kawayama takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Garda is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Garda misses with a hook to the body
and Kawayama counters with a nice body shot.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Garda cracks Kawayama with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Garda misses the jab.
Kawayama lands a jab.
Garda bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Kawayama's head backwards.
Garda looks to score with a jab to the body but Kawayama is just out of range.
Kawayama uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Garda.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The fighters circling - Garda throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Garda dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Garda misses with an uppercut.
Kawayama swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Garda throws a body punch but Kawayama moves out of range.
A combination from Kawayama does no damage.
A telegraphed right hand from Garda misses the target.
Garda throws the left hand but Kawayama avoids the punch easily.
Kawayama smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Kawayama thuds his right hand into Garda's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
A punch lands to the side of Kawayama 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Kawayama works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Kawayama takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Kawayama fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Garda on the side of 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!
Garda looks to throw the jab but Kawayama is out of range.
Kawayama lands a jab to the head.
Garda is rocked!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Garda walks into a jab.
Garda is still on wobbly legs! Can Kawayama finish him?
Kawayama looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Garda appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Kawayama closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Garda seems to have recovered his senses.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Kawayama takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Garda is trying to pull guard but Kawayama turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Kawayama just leaning against Garda, taking a breather.
The referee calls for Kawayama to work.
Garda tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Garda fails to pull guard.
Takeo Kawayama has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Marco Garda.
A nice right hand lands inside from Kawayama.
Kawayama slows down the pace here.
Garda tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Kawayama just stands there and leans against the cage.
Garda fails to pull guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Garda tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Garda being controlled against the cage.
Garda tries to pull guard but Kawayama holds him up against the cage and eventually Garda drops back down to his feet.
Come on Kawayama - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Garda is trying to pull guard but Kawayama has him pressed against the cage.
Kawayama breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Kawayama slips a jab from Garda.
We've been informed that Garda has been working hard on his conditioning in the buildup to the fight.
Kawayama slips a straight right by Garda.
Garda swings for the body but Kawayama moves out of range.
Garda misses with a hook
and Kawayama counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Kawayama darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Left hook, right uppercut from Kawayama.
Kawayama is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kawayama keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Garda throws a body shot but no joy.
Garda throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Kawayama gets a clinch.
Garda tries to pull guard but Kawayama won't allow it.
Garda tries to pull guard but Kawayama holds him up against the cage and eventually Garda drops back down to his feet.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Garda letting Kawayama take a breather here.
Garda tries to pull guard but Kawayama forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Garda tries to pull guard but Kawayama won't allow it.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Kawayama.
Kawayama is stalling here.
Kawayama pressing his opponent against the cage.
Kawayama gets a warning from the ref for wasting time.
Kawayama stalls.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Takeo Kawayama dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Kawayama throws a right and a left that Garda avoids nicely.
A countering left hand to the body from Garda misses.
Kawayama avoids the body shot from Garda.
Garda throws out a loose jab but Kawayama uses good head movement to avoid it.
Kawayama is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Garda can do to turn this around?
Kawayama digs a good body shot into Garda's ribs.
Garda takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Garda misses with a body shot.
Kawayama has taken the fight to the clinch.
Garda tries to pull guard but Kawayama holds him up against the cage and eventually Garda drops back down to his feet.
Garda jumps guard but Kawayama turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Garda is trying to pull guard but Kawayama turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Takeo Kawayama has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Marco Garda.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Garda tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Kawayama smiles and moves away.
Garda's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Kawayama connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Garda scrambles back to his feet.
Kawayama lands with an overhand left.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kawayama closes the distance and clinches.
Kawayama lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Garda backwards.
Kawayama taking a breather.
Kawayama manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Takeo Kawayama has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Garda is trying to pull guard but Kawayama turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Kawayama manages to break the clinch.
Takeo Kawayama is winning the standup battle so far.
Garda swings away with a body shot that misses
letting Kawayama counter with a right hand.
Kawayama lands with an uppercut that bounces Garda off the cage and back into range.
Kawayama keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A decent looking cross lands there for Kawayama.
Kawayama misses with a double jab.
Garda looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Garda swings for the body but Kawayama moves out of range.
Kawayama uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Garda.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kawayama bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Kawayama uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Garda.
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!
Kawayama fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Garda swings for the body but Kawayama moves out of range.
Kawayama gets a clinch.
Garda jumps guard but Kawayama turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
A right hook to the body lands for Kawayama.
Kawayama is pushing Garda up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Kawayama has Garda pushed against the cage.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Kawayama takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Garda is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Kawayama to keep the fight standing.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Garda is trying to pull guard but Kawayama has him pressed against the cage.
Kawayama slowing the pace effectively.
Garda fails to pull guard.
Garda jumps guard but Kawayama stands there with Garda around his waist. Garda gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Kawayama taking a breather.
Kawayama pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Kawayama lands with a nice combination. Garda backs away looking to recover.
Kawayama misses with a two punch combination.
Garda looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Kawayama clinches up against the cage.
Garda tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Kawayama smiles and moves away.
Kawayama pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Garda back to the cage. Kawayama follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Nice shot by Kawayama.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kawayama takes a jab right on the kisser.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Kawayama lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Kawayama loads up on a big right hand but Garda slips the punch.
Kawayama is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Kawayama lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Kawayama rushes Garda with punches - Garda moves straight backwards instead of circling and gets clipped by the second strike... and the third... and the fourth! Oh, Garda goes down! Kawayama follows up with more strikes and the ref steps in to end the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:27 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Takeo Kawayama!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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