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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Nathan Audet (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kazuo Haruki (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Haruki's choice of entrance music: Battle Without Honor Or Humanity - Tomoyasu Hotei. Kazuo Haruki has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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155 lbs
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149 lbs
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Decent wrestler
Counter striker
KO power |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
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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
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Nathan Audet!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Kazuo Haruki!
The judges for this bout are Trevor Gratis, Ian Loll and Dillan Fox.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Audet shoots for a takedown but Haruki saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Audet shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Audet stopping the sweep attempt from Haruki.
Haruki wriggles free and stands up.
Haruki wants to clinch up but Audet keeps it at a distance.
Haruki shoots and misses
and Audet counters with a takedown into side control.
Haruki wants to control but Audet postures up.
Haruki is trying to get back to half guard. He's pushing on Audet's leg. He's managed it. Nice work.
Audet is looking to take a break and control but Haruki is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Haruki looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Haruki is looking for a sweep. Audet is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Audet landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Audet sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Haruki defending well though.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Haruki wants to get back to full guard.
Audet sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Haruki defending well though.
Audet is looking to take a break and control but Haruki is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Haruki throws a head kick that misses.
Haruki circles away from the clinch attempt.
Haruki tries for a takedown but Audet circles away easily
and Audet counters with a shoot takedown. Haruki fights it but they end up in guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Haruki looking to hit a scissor sweep but Audet is one step ahead there.
Haruki looks gassed!
Haruki throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Haruki looking to hit a scissor sweep but Audet is one step ahead there.
Audet wants to stand but Haruki has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
Audet has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Audet working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Haruki's head.
Audet wants to pass the guard but Haruki is keeping the position.
Audet postures up.
Audet stopping the sweep attempt from Haruki.
Audet keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Haruki's head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Audet postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Audet landing with the ground and pound.
Audet wants to control from the top but Haruki keeps moving.
Audet lands a couple of digs.
Haruki lands a decent punch to the body there.
Haruki avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Audet stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Haruki swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Audet is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Nathan Audet dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!
Haruki misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Haruki gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Audet manages to pull guard.
Haruki pushing down on Audet's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Haruki moves nicely into side control.
Audet manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!
Audet trying to advance position but Haruki counters by regaining guard.
Haruki looking to control.
Audet keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Haruki's head.
Haruki is trying to keep Audet in close.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Audet trying to control the position from guard on top but Haruki is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Audet's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Haruki tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Audet throws and elbow that misses. Haruki uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Audet's guard. Nice move by Haruki!
Haruki thows a big elbow that misses.
Haruki missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Audet tries to land a sweep but no joy.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Haruki trying to control the position from guard on top but Audet is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Haruki stopping the sweep attempt from Audet.
Audet trying to strike off his back.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Audet is looking to clinch.
Haruki clinches.
Haruki is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Haruki tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Audet is pressed up against the cage. Haruki has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Audet down to the mat. Audet avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Haruki shoots for a double leg takedown but Audet sprawls well. He's pushed Haruki's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Nathan Audet has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Kazuo Haruki.
Audet shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Audet showed some decent athleticism there.
Haruki wants to get back to full guard.
Nathan Audet overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Audet scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Haruki is trying to stand up here but Audet is controlling him well.
Audet scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Audet scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Haruki is trying to get back to full guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Haruki missing with punches from the bottom.
Audet is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Audet scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Audet is nestled in close to Haruki, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Haruki is looking for a sweep. Audet is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Audet is trying to control the action in half guard but Haruki is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Haruki trying to control from the bottom.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Nathan Audet dominated that second round.
That's time! Audet's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!
Audet drives through and clinches with Haruki against the cage.
Haruki has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Audet avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Audet tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Haruki stops a takedown attempt from Audet.
Audet taking a breather.
Audet has Haruki pressed up against the cage. He's trying to work for a single leg takedown. Audet pulls back from the cage and twists to the side, sending Haruki tumbling to the mat - Audet dives into Haruki's guard.
Haruki trying to control the position.
Haruki looking for a guillotine here but Audet defends easily.
Haruki is trying to control the position but Audet postures up.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Audet works over Haruki with some ground and pound from guard.
Audet throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Haruki works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Haruki throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Audet knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Haruki on the ground.
Audet is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Haruki wants to stand and escape but Audet is having none of it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Audet tries to free his leg and advance position but Haruki is retaining full guard.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Audet's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Haruki wants to sweep here but Audet controlling him for the moment.
Audet content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Audet makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Audet lands a couple of elbows.
Haruki working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Audet doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Audet manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Audet wants to pass the guard but Haruki is keeping the position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Audet wants to stand but Haruki is controlling his posture from full guard.
Haruki is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Haruki preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Haruki is looking to stand up but Audet isn't so interested in that idea.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Audet tries to free his leg and advance position but Haruki is retaining full guard.
Haruki wants to sweep here but Audet controlling him for the moment.
Audet makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Haruki has his feet on Audet's hips. He pushes off and gets to his feet. Nice work.
Audet fails with a takedown attempt.
Nice sprawl there from Audet as Haruki shoots in.
And that's the end of the fight!
Kazuo Haruki comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Audet has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Trevor Gratis scores the fight 29:28
Judge Ian Loll scores the fight 29:28
Judge Dillan Fox scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Nathan Audet!
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energy
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hype
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mgr
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