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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between James Darren (ranked 865 p4p, 125 weight class) and Bruno Tepes (ranked 296 p4p, 42 weight class). Darren comes to the cage accompanied by Here's to the losers. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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170 lbs
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Good wrestling
Great elbows
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the welterweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
9 - 5 - 0, fighting out of New York, James Darren!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
9 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Bruno Tepes!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Yamamoto, Sosuke Kotani and Yukihiro Shimada.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Darren rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Tepes counters with a nice body kick.
Darren just misses with a punch to the body.
Darren moves out of range of the body kick from Tepes.
Darren jinks towards his opponent looking like he wants to counter with a mid kick but doesn't commit.
Tepes slips a jab from Darren.
Tepes throws a poor cross that misses
and Darren counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
A nice leg kick lands there from Tepes.
Darren misses with an uppercut
and Tepes makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Nice jab there from Darren.
Tepes looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Tepes takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Darren keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Darren scores with a sloppy right hand. Tepes should have avoided that one.
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!
Tepes throws a push kick but Darren slaps the foot to one side.
A little feinted left hand from Darren on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Darren looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Darren tries a head kick but it misses.
Tepes flicks out a counter leg kick but Darren steps away.
Darren throws an off balance right hand
and Tepes makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Bruno Tepes seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Darren scores with a nice head shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Darren takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Darren lunges at Tepes with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Tepes's hand.
Darren moves out of range of the body kick from Tepes.
As Tepes tries to get set, Darren tries to push him back and clinch up but Tepes manages to avoid the attempt.
Darren closes the distance and clinches.
Darren takes a shot to the head.
Tepes makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Tepes lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Darren goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Tepes blocks an elbow strike from Darren.
Darren gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Darren blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Darren goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Tepes misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A left hand lands to the body for Darren.
Darren blocks a punch to the side of the head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Tepes breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tepes walks into a left hand.
A looping hook to the body misses from Tepes. Darren does a little dance to reset his feet.
Darren on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Darren throws an ugly left hook that misses
letting Tepes counter with a right hand.
Darren throws a sloppy head kick and Tepes moves out of range easily.
Tepes throws a leg kick but Darren sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Darren swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Tepes.
Tepes is looking to land body kicks.
Darren jinks towards his opponent looking like he wants to counter with a mid kick but doesn't commit.
Darren walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Tepes throws a quick inside leg kick.
Tepes throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Tepes lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Darren checks a leg kick.
Darren takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Tepes connects with a leg kick. Darren looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tepes stuns Darren with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Tepes scores with a jab to the body.
Darren is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Tepes misses with a kick to the body.
Tepes misses with a body shot.
Darren throws an off balance right hand
and Tepes counters with a low kick, right behind Darren 's knee.
Tepes checks the leg kick.
Tepes is looking to land body kicks.
Tepes throws a hook to the side of Darren's head but Darren sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
A little feinted left hand from Darren on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Tepes misses with a hook to the body
and Darren counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
A nice inside leg kick there by Darren. That's going to slow Tepes down.
Darren misses the shot to the body.
Darren missing with a left hand there. Tepes was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Darren thows a left - swing and a miss!
Darren avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Nice body kick from Tepes.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tepes throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Darren sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Darren throws a sloppy head kick and Tepes moves out of range easily.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A big left from Tepes misses.
As Tepes backs away, Darren returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
Darren is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Tepes attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Tepes is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Darren rather than just go for the knockout.
Tepes throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Tepes throws a leg kick
and Darren counters with an outside leg kick.
Tepes keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Darren.
Tepes uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Darren.
Tepes lands a right hook to the body.
Tepes listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Darren lands a jab to the nose.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Tepes takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Darren avoids the body shot from Tepes.
Tepes will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Bruno Tepes 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.
Tepes slips under a jab.
Tepes looks to score with a jab to the body but Darren is just out of range.
Tepes takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Nice uppercut lands for Darren. That snapped Tepes's head back.
Darren throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Tepes.
Tepes swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Darren wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
Tepes throws a big shot that misses.
Darren checks a low kick from Tepes.
Tepes just manages to avoid a counter high kick fromDarren.
Tepes works the jab nicely.
Tepes feints and then cracks Darren's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Darren down.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Darren closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Darren tries to close the distance and clinch up but Tepes swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Darren throws a jab but it's blocked by Tepes.
Darren throws out a leg kick but Tepes moves out of range and Darren only half commits.
Darren misses with a straight right.
Tepes counters with a body kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tepes staying out of range there.
Tepes waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Darren.
Darren tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Tepes manages to circle out of the way.
Tepes looks to land a body kick but Darren moved away.
Darren is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Tepes looks for the body kick but Darren saw that one coming.
Darren swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Darren scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Darren tries to land a leg kick but Tepes saw it coming and moves away.
A nice leg kick lands there from Tepes.
Tepes throws an off balance right hand
enabling Darren to counter with a crisp jab.
Darren takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Darren fails with an attempt to clinch.
Darren is looking to clinch.
Darren is looking to clinch but Tepes is avoiding it.
Tepes lands a nice leg kick that just misses Darren's sensitive parts.
Tepes connects with a right hand. Darren shakes it off.
Darren ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tepes lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Darren doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Tepes connects with a single shot there.
Darren slips under a jab.
A head kick from Darren lands but Tepes takes it in his stride.
Darren throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Tepes looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Tepes misses with a two punch combination.
Tepes moves away from the strike by Darren.
Darren chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Tepes can pounce on him.
Darren keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Darren throws a big shot that misses.
Darren uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Tepes.
Darren scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tepes keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Darren looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Darren on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Tepes tries to land a front kick but Darren steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Tepes is looking to land body kicks.
Tepes feints and then cracks Darren's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Darren down.
Tepes throws a lazy uppercut
letting Darren counter with a right hand.
Darren takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
A good leg kick by Tepes.
Darren moves out of range as Tepes throws a body kick.
Darren throws a low kick but Tepes moves out of range easily.
Darren throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Tepes lands a leg kick that knocks Darren off balance momentarily.
Bruno Tepes seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Tepes misses with an uppercut.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Darren misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Tepes.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Tepes uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Darren tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Darren ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Tepes moves away.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Tepes chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Darren avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
A quick step to the side and Darren tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Tepes fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Tepes scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Darren doesn't seem bothered though.
Tepes jabs at Darren's body.
Darren walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Tepes takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Darren moves out of range as Tepes throws a body kick.
Tepes throws a low kick but it's checked well by Darren.
Tepes cracks Darren with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Bruno Tepes showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Tepes misses the jab.
Darren tries to clinch but Tepes moves out of range.
Tepes scores with a jab to the head.
Tepes looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Tepes connects with a jab.
Darren lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Tepes uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Darren.
Tepes throws a low kick, looking for Darren's leg but Darren calmly moves out of range.
Darren throws a head kick but Tepes moves out of range.
Jab, jab by Tepes - just one landing.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nice straight punches there by Darren. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Darren.
Tepes is looking to land body kicks.
As Tepes tries to get set, Darren tries to push him back and clinch up but Tepes manages to avoid the attempt.
Darren scores with a body shot.
Tepes misses with a body kick.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Darren takes one to the side of the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tepes pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Tepes throws out a powerful jab.
Tepes attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Darren uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Tepes.
Tepes with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Tepes cracks the inside of Darren's front leg.
Darren throws a leg kick but Tepes moved away.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Tepes! But no joy.
Darren connects with the punch.
Darren tries to close the distance and clinch but Tepes swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Tepes has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Darren checks a leg kick.
Darren moves out of range as Tepes throws a body kick.
Tepes throws a body kick that misses
and Darren counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Darren throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Tepes scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Darren misses with a straight left.
Darren takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Tepes throws a quick inside leg kick.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A head kick misses from Darren.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Tepes, right into the meat.
Tepes throws a nice outside leg kick.
A big right from Tepes misses.
Darren works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Darren tries to close the distance and clinch up but Tepes swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Darren looks to land a left hand but Tepes moved out of range nicely.
Tepes is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Darren with a body shot.
Darren tries to close the distance and clinch up but Tepes swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Tepes scores with a hook.
Darren fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Tepes.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tepes throws a big shot that misses.
Tepes punishes Darren's body with a nice straight punch.
Tepes misses with an uppercut.
Darren throwing a counter right hand but Tepes manages to avoid it.
Darren takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Darren lands a jab to the nose.
Darren throws a right hand that misses
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Tepes dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Darren. That did some damage!
Tepes scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Tepes dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
A nice inside leg kick there by Tepes. That's going to slow Darren down.
Darren is looking to clinch but Tepes is avoiding it.
A looping hook to the body misses from Darren. Tepes does a little dance to reset his feet.
Tepes steps in looking to counter with the mid kick but it doesn't connect.
Tepes swats away the attempt to clinch by Darren.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Darren misses with a body shot.
A nice side step and Tepes releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Darren throws a lazy right hand but Tepes sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Tepes gets off balance looking for a body kick
and Darren counters with an inside leg kick.
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!
Darren ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Tepes moves away.
Tepes throws a leg kick but Darren checks it.
Tepes misses with a looping left.
Darren tries to close the distance and clinch but Tepes swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Nice uppercut lands for Tepes. That snapped Darren's head back.
Tepes throws a looping overhand right but Darren ducks down to avoid it.
As Tepes backs away, Darren returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
Darren tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Tepes paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Tepes misses the shot to the body.
Darren clinches up against the cage.
Tepes lands a body punch in the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Bruno Tepes really 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.
Darren is looking to clinch.
Tepes only half commits to the counter leg kick.
Darren throws a body punch but Tepes moves out of range.
Darren throws a body punch but Tepes moves out of range.
Darren tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Darren throws a head kick that misses
and Tepes counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Tepes throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Darren darts in and clinches Tepes up against the cage.
Tepes blocks an elbow strike.
Still in the clinch, Tepes scores with a nice short uppercut.
A frustrated look appears on Tepes's face as he tries to break the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Darren.
Darren looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Darren gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Tepes's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Tepes wants to break free but Darren has control.
Tepes misses with the head strike.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tepes tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Tepes takes an elbow to the forehead.
Tepes swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Tepes takes an elbow to the temple.
Tepes is trying to break free.
Darren tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Darren misses with a punch on the inside.
Tepes swings wildly with an uppercut but Darren uses good head movement to avoid it.
Tepes takes an elbow to the forehead.
Tepes throws a head punch that misses.
Darren lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Tepes lands a nice uppercut.
Tepes working aggressively here.
Tepes tries to circle away but Darren has him pinned against the cage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tepes tries to break the clinch but Darren is controlling the position.
Tepes lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Darren throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
James Darren has scored more points in the clinch so far.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Tepes.
Tepes has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Darren seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Tepes can turn it around.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Tepes throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Darrens head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Tepes working some nice short punches in the clinch.
A short right from Tepes.
Darren lands an elbow inside.
Darren goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Darren misses with a hook to the ribs.
Darren lands an elbow that stopped Tepes in his tracks for a moment.
Darren pushes off an throws an elbow but Tepes leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Tepes fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Tepes misses with a hook from the clinch.
A right handed body shot lands from Tepes.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A right handed body shot lands from Tepes.
Tepes breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
A good leg kick by Tepes.
Darren throws out a loose jab but Tepes uses good head movement to avoid it.
Tepes looks to land a body kick but Darren moved away.
Tepes looks to land a body kick but Darren moved away.
As Tepes tries to get set, Darren tries to push him back and clinch up but Tepes manages to avoid the attempt.
Darren tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Tepes paws at him with a jab and circles away.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Tepes.
Tepes lands the left hand.
Tepes connects with a right hand. Darren shakes it off.
Darren checks a leg kick.
Darren is looking to counter punch.
Tepes misses with a low kick.
Darren lands a really nice looking cross but Tepes seems unphased.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tepes connects with a body shot.
Tepes misses with a straight right.
Darren is looking to counter punch.
Darren misses the jab.
Darren moves away from the strike by Tepes.
Tepes lands a really nice looking cross but Darren seems unphased.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Tepes uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Darren.
Darren is looking to clinch.
A countering left hand to the body from Tepes misses.
Darren wants to clinch.
Tepes tries a quick counter leg kick but Darren is wise to it.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Tepes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Bruno Tepes dominated that fourth round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!
Tepes misses with a body shot.
Tepes throws a body kick that misses.
Tepes looks to land a left hand but Darren moved out of range nicely.
Darren instigates a clinch.
Tepes tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Tepes tries to break free but Darren pushes him back against the cage.
Darren will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Darren prevents a body shot from Tepes.
Tepes tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Tepes struggles to land a body shot inside as Darren controls his hands.
Tepes breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Tepes lands a jab to Darren's midsection.
Tepes throws a quick inside leg kick.
Tepes keeps the fight on the outside.
Darren connects with an inside leg kick.
Tepes misses with an uppercut
and Darren counters with a nice body kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Darren throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Tepes throws an overhand right that lands on Darren's shoulder, as Darren tries to avoid the shot.
Tepes connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Darren throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Darren jabs at Tepes's body.
A slapping leg kick lands for Tepes.
Donk. Darren catches Tepes right on the button with a cross.
Tepes pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Tepes lands with a kick to the ribs.
Darren gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Tepes ducks under a wild hook from Darren.
Darren darts in and clinches Tepes up against the cage.
Tepes tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
James Darren has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Tepes.
Tepes takes an elbow to the temple.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Darren lands a shoulder strike.
Darren blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Darren tries to work over Tepes's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Darren working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Darren tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Tepes's elbow.
Tepes lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Darren creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Tepes's defenses.
Darren pushes Tepes back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Darren lands a nice elbow.
Tepes takes an elbow to the temple.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Tepes.
Darren is working Tepes over against the cage.
Tepes lands with a short shot to the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Darren pushes Tepes back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Tepes blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Tepes takes an elbow to the forehead.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Darren.
Tepes lands with a left to the head.
Tepes swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Darren lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Darren blocks an uppercut.
Tepes goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Tepes pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Darren connects with a good right hand that stumbles Tepes. Tepes circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Tepes uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Darren.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Tepes escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Bruno Tepes is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Darren jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Tepes uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Darren.
Darren bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Tepes's head backwards.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Darren checks a leg kick.
Darren is looking to counter punch.
Darren jabbing away but nothing is landing.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Tepes.
Darren tries to clinch
and Tepes counters with a low kick, right behind Darren 's knee.
That kick from Tepes tenderised Darren's leg. Darren is trying to keep his angry face on.
Tepes works the jab nicely.
Decent striking displayed by Tepes there.
Tepes connects with a leg kick. Darren looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Nice shot lands for Tepes.
Darren throws a hook to the side of Tepes's head but Tepes sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to James Darren.
I think Tepes has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Yukihiro Yamamoto scores the fight 46:49
Judge Sosuke Kotani scores the fight 45:50
Judge Yukihiro Shimada scores the fight 46:49
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Bruno Tepes! Bruno Tepes retains his welterweight title!
Our winner, Bruno Tepes, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.
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