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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Tanishi Toshiyuki (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Santana Blaze (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Toshiyuki's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Fuck you. Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!
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157 lbs
7 - 8 - 0 |
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148 lbs
10 - 5 - 0 |
BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
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Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
7 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Tanishi Toshiyuki!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
10 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Santana Blaze!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Sano, Yukihiro Yamamoto and Ren Mimura.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Blaze shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Danga de danga de dang - Blaze scores with a four punch combination!
Toshiyuki with a lazy takedown attempt
and Blaze counters with a nice body shot.
Blaze fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Toshiyuki on the side of the head.
Toshiyuki moves out of range of the strikes.
Toshiyuki appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Toshiyuki shoots for a takedown but Blaze saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Blaze looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Blaze misses with a wild combination.
Blaze swinging wildly here.
Toshiyuki misses with a low kick.
Toshiyuki shoots in and drives through. Blaze sprawls well.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Tanishi Toshiyuki. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Blaze throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Toshiyuki sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Toshiyuki thinks about countering with a body kick.
Toshiyuki stuns Blaze with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Blaze misses with a jab, cross combination.
A punch lands to the side of Toshiyuki 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Blaze misses with a right hand
and Toshiyuki counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Toshiyuki avoids a punch combination nicely.
Good work by Toshiyuki as he checks the leg kick.
Blaze lands a really nice looking cross but Toshiyuki seems unphased.
A head kick by Toshiyuki misses
and Blaze counters with a straight right hand.
Blaze throws an overhand right that lands on Toshiyuki's shoulder, as Toshiyuki tries to avoid the shot.
Toshiyuki misses with a combination
and Toshiyuki takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Blaze lands a jab to the nose.
Blaze has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Blaze connects with the punch.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A jab from Toshiyuki misses.
Toshiyuki fails with a takedown attempt.
Toshiyuki throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Toshiyuki tries to clinch but Blaze moves away
and Blaze counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Blaze bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Toshiyuki's head.
Toshiyuki takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Nice uppercut there from Blaze.
Blaze throws a lazy uppercut
and Toshiyuki counters with a slapping leg kick.
Toshiyuki throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and Blaze counters with a nice uppercut.
Toshiyuki is rocked!
Toshiyuki misses with a series of wild punches.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A cross from Blaze lands.
Toshiyuki misses with a takedown
and Blaze counters with a left to the body.
A nice combination there by Blaze.
Blaze avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Blaze might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Blaze scores with a shot to the body.
Nice shot lands for Blaze.
Toshiyuki swings for the body but Blaze moves out of range.
Blaze throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Toshiyuki.
A chopping leg kick lands by Blaze.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Toshiyuki throws a body kick that misses
and Blaze counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Blaze moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Oh Toshiyuki is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Toshiyuki throws a leg kick
and Blaze counters with a leg kick.
Blaze goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Toshiyuki seems to have got his legs back now.
Toshiyuki scores with a three punch combo!
Blaze throws a quick inside leg kick.
Tanishi Toshiyuki seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Blaze fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Blaze scores with a head kick. Toshiyuki tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Blaze fails to land with a series of punches.
Blaze scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Blaze misses with a low kick.
Blaze jabs Toshiyuki to the body, keeping him at a distance.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Santana Blaze dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Blaze throws a one two combo.
Blaze cracks Toshiyuki with an open hand slap.
Blaze throws an overhand right that lands on Toshiyuki's shoulder, as Toshiyuki tries to avoid the shot.
Blaze misses the jab.
Toshiyuki tries to move into range but Blaze moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Toshiyuki drives through and clinches with Blaze against the cage.
Toshiyuki keeps control of Blaze as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Toshiyuki tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Toshiyuki's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Blaze breaks the clinch.
A looping hook to the body misses from Blaze. Toshiyuki does a little dance to reset his feet.
Blaze rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Toshiyuki moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Toshiyuki wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Toshiyuki misses with a head kick.
Blaze feints a counter leg kick.
Blaze takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Blaze takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Despite the aggression on Blaze's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Blaze tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Toshiyuki tries to clinch up.
Blaze misses with the combination.
Blaze moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Blaze stalks Toshiyuki and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Toshiyuki's face. Toshiyuki staggers backwards, shaken.
Blaze takes a kick to the side of the head.
Blaze has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Blaze lands a jab to the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Left hook, right uppercut from Blaze.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Toshiyuki keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Toshiyuki fails to land with a series of punches.
That kick from Blaze tenderised Toshiyuki's leg. Toshiyuki is trying to keep his angry face on.
An inside leg kick lands from Blaze.
Toshiyuki missing with a left hand there. Blaze was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Blaze unleashes a big counter combination but Toshiyuki bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Toshiyuki throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Blaze.
Toshiyuki ducks under a wild hook from Blaze.
Toshiyuki tries to close the distance and clinch up but Blaze swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Blaze misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Toshiyuki misses with a looping right.
Toshiyuki takes one to the chin there.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Toshiyuki looks to clinch
and Blaze connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Toshiyuki throws a jab when Blaze was well out of range.
Santana Blaze seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Toshiyuki falls off balance throwing a combination
enabling Blaze to counter with a crisp jab.
Toshiyuki lands a glancing blow to the side of Blaze's head.
Toshiyuki tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Toshiyuki takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Blaze misses with a straight left.
Toshiyuki misses with an uppercut
and Blaze counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Blaze goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Toshiyuki misses with the body kick
and Blaze counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Blaze connects with a solid leg kick.
Tanishi Toshiyuki is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Toshiyuki swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Toshiyuki drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Blaze throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
A little feinted left hand from Toshiyuki on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Toshiyuki wants to land a leg kick but Blaze is out of range.
A countering left hand to the body from Blaze misses.
A solid leg kick lands there for Blaze.
Toshiyuki keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Blaze.
Toshiyuki takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Toshiyuki tries to move into range but Blaze moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Blaze scores with a hook.
Some wild striking there from Blaze.
Toshiyuki was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Santana Blaze showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!
A jab from Blaze does it's job there.
Toshiyuki throws a lazy head kick
and Blaze counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Toshiyuki looks to clinch
enabling Blaze to counter with a crisp jab.
Toshiyuki throws a jab when Blaze was well out of range.
Toshiyuki throws a body punch but Blaze moves out of range.
Blaze lands a jab.
Blaze blocks a head kick by Toshiyuki.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Toshiyuki shoots in looking for a takedown. Blaze tries to sprawl out of it but Toshiyuki keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Blaze manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Toshiyuki looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Toshiyuki tries to close the distance and clinch up but Blaze swats him away and circles back towards the center.
A little jabbing left from Blaze on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Blaze throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Toshiyuki counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Blaze thinking.
Sloppy strikes from Blaze. Those never looked like landing.
Toshiyuki tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Blaze manages to circle out of the way.
Blaze lands a nice looking body shot.
Blaze connects with a solid leg kick.
Toshiyuki showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Blaze.
Toshiyuki is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Toshiyuki tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Blaze counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
A combination from Blaze does no damage.
Toshiyuki bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Toshiyuki feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Blaze has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Toshiyuki takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Toshiyuki throws a right and a left that Blaze avoids nicely.
Toshiyuki scoring well with a low kick there.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Blaze throws a hook to the side of Toshiyuki's head but Toshiyuki sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Blaze misses with a straight left.
Toshiyuki doesn't manage to clinch there - Blaze circles away.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Toshiyuki tries to clinch there but Blaze circles away.
Blaze swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Blaze scores with a decent looking hook.
No joy there for Blaze, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Blaze scores with a one two! Toshiyuki had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Blaze pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Toshiyuki back to the cage. Blaze follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
A lazy body kick from Toshiyuki
and Blaze cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Blaze works the jab nicely.
Santana Blaze is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Toshiyuki throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and Blaze counters with a lovely straight right hand!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Toshiyuki throws a head kick that Blaze semi-blocks.
Blaze keeps the fight on the outside.
Blaze lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Blaze lands with a thumping leg kick.
Blaze lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Blaze.
Blaze looks to land a right hand but Toshiyuki moved out of range.
Toshiyuki appears to be looking for a big counter.
Toshiyuki is looking to clinch but Blaze is avoiding it.
Toshiyuki misses with a head kick.
As Toshiyuki backs off Blaze throws a huge counter combo but Toshiyuki manages to avoid it all.
Toshiyuki tries to clinch but Blaze moves out of range.
Blaze lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Toshiyuki.
Toshiyuki throws a low kick but Blaze avoids it.
Blaze throws a counter combo.
Toshiyuki stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Tanishi Toshiyuki has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A nice inside leg kick there by Blaze. That's going to slow Toshiyuki down.
Toshiyuki swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Blaze connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Blaze throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Blaze fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Toshiyuki lands a nice looking kick to the body. Blaze takes a step back to recover.
Blaze throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Toshiyuki is looking to counter with head kicks.
Toshiyuki misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Blaze counters with a one-two to the body.
Toshiyuki misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Blaze is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Blaze lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Toshiyuki doesn't manage to clinch there - Blaze circles away.
Santana Blaze is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Blaze tries to bum rush Toshiyuki with a series of wild strikes but Toshiyuki uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Toshiyuki jinks towards his opponent looking like he wants to counter with a mid kick but doesn't commit.
And that's the end of the fight!
Santana Blaze comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Blaze winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Shigeki Sano scores the fight 27:30
Judge Yukihiro Yamamoto scores the fight 27:30
Judge Ren Mimura scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Santana Blaze!
Santana Blaze seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.
The defeated Tanishi Toshiyuki had this to say: 'Fuck u!'.
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energy
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hype
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