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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Dimitri Romanov (ranked 3125 p4p, 355 weight class) and Hiroshi Kawanabe (ranked 2013 p4p, 238 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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168 lbs
2 - 0 - 0 |
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145 lbs
3 - 1 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Counter fighter
Intelligent |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Dimitri Romanov!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Hiroshi Kawanabe!
The judges for this bout are Dirk Anderson, Santiago Holmes and Bart Greer.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kawanabe looks to land a left hand but Romanov moved out of range nicely.
An attempted straight right counter from Romanov misses the target.
Kawanabe has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.
Romanov lands a nice hook to Kawanabe's body. Kawanabe takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Romanov on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Romanov on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Romanov slips under a jab from Kawanabe.
Nice defenses there by Romanov.
Romanov takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Romanov gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Romanov darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Kawanabe kicks off Romanov and gets to his feet.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Kawanabe uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Romanov.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Romanov moves in looking to clinch but Kawanabe pushes him off.
Kawanabe tries to bum rush Romanov with a series of wild strikes but Romanov uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Hiroshi Kawanabe is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Kawanabe looks to score with a jab to the body but Romanov is just out of range.
Romanov shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Romanov lands with a hook. Kawanabe tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Romanov throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Kawanabe sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Hiroshi Kawanabe seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Kawanabe just misses with a punch to the body.
Romanov closes this distance looking for a takedown but Kawanabe circles away.
Kawanabe looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Romanov drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Kawanabe fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Kawanabe throws a body shot but no joy.
Nice shot lands for Romanov.
Kawanabe just misses with a punch to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kawanabe ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Romanov moves away.
Romanov looks to be in better condition than last time we saw him fight. Obviously he's been working hard on his cardio.
Kawanabe uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Romanov.
Kawanabe let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Kawanabe looks to land a combination but Romanov avoids it well.
Romanov throws a jab when Kawanabe was well out of range.
Kawanabe is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Romanov with a body shot.
Kawanabe cracks Romanov with an open hand slap.
A swing and a miss from Romanov.
Romanov uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Kawanabe.
Romanov takes the fight into the clinch.
Kawanabe breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Kawanabe uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Romanov.
Romanov slips under a jab from Kawanabe.
Romanov clinches.
Romanov has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Kawanabe is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kawanabe is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Romanov has managed to pull guard. Let's see whether he can work an aggressive guard. It will also be interesting to see what tactics Kawanabe uses from the top position.
Romanov wants to sweep here but Kawanabe controlling him for the moment.
Romanov keeping moving, preventing Kawanabe from controlling successfully.
Romanov tries to strike from the bottom.
Romanov trying to strike off his back.
Romanov wants to sweep but no luck.
Romanov keeping moving, preventing Kawanabe from controlling successfully.
Kawanabe sitting in guard, not really doing much.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
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.
Kawanabe comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Kawanabe lands a jab.
Romanov fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Kawanabe, pushing him back against the cage.
Kawanabe is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Kawanabe is defending well against a takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Dimitri Romanov. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Romanov is trying to trip Kawanabe. He has hold of a leg but Kawanabe is hopping around, keeping his balance for the moment. Romanov persists though and gets the takedown into guard.
Romanov distracts Kawanabe with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Romanov landing with the ground and pound.
Kawanabe is trying to control the position but Romanov postures up.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Romanov accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Hiroshi Kawanabe 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.
Romanov throws a hook to the side of Kawanabe's head but Kawanabe sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Romanov shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Romanov showed some decent athleticism there.
Kawanabe is holding on to half guard well.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Romanov wants to control but Kawanabe is keeping him busy.
Dimitri Romanov overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Romanov thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Kawanabe's head.
Romanov takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Nice strikes from Romanov there.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kawanabe wants to improve his position but Romanov is controlling well.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Romanov working Kawanabe over with strikes.
Romanov landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Kawanabe tries to get to full guard but Romanov has control of the leg.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Romanov scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Kawanabe tries to get to full guard but Romanov has control of the leg.
Kawanabe manages to get to full guard.
Kawanabe has momentary wrist control but Romanov slips an elbow through the middle.
Kawanabe trying to control the position.
Kawanabe trying to control the position here.
Romanov wants to control from the top but Kawanabe keeps moving.
Kawanabe is trying to keep Romanov in close.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Romanov works over Kawanabe with some ground and pound from guard.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Romanov's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Romanov looking to pass the guard.
Romanov content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Romanov's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Romanov tries to free his leg and advance position but Kawanabe is retaining full guard.
Romanov postures up.
Romanov postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Romanov scoring with some ground and pound.
Romanov throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Kawanabe looking to control.
Romanov being controlled here momentarily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Romanov postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Kawanabe looking to control.
Romanov postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Kawanabe trying to keep a closed guard but Romanov is proving a slippery customer.
Romanov postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Romanov throwing strikes but missing.
Romanov throwing strikes from guard but Kawanabe blocks nicely.
Kawanabe utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Kawanabe utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Kawanabe trying to control the position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Romanov lands a couple of elbows.
Romanov is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Romanov connects with a couple of short punches.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Romanov accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Romanov connects with a couple of short punches.
Kawanabe trying to keep a closed guard but Romanov is proving a slippery customer.
Kawanabe working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Romanov.
Romanov lands a couple of digs.
Romanov scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Kawanabe working a defensive guard here.
Romanov looking to pass the guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Dimitri Romanov dominated that second round.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!
Romanov keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Romanov was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Romanov fakes a strike and closes the distance, dragging Kawanabe to the ground. Romanov is now in Kawanabe's guard.
Romanov connects with a couple of short punches.
Romanov with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Romanov sitting in guard here, content to control.
Kawanabe is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Romanov is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Kawanabe can do to turn this around?
Kawanabe has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
Romanov trying to control but Kawanabe is working from the bottom.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Romanov throws a big elbow that misses.
Romanov working some strikes from top position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kawanabe looking to control.
Romanov has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Romanov postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Kawanabe is trying to control the position but Romanov postures up.
Kawanabe keeping moving, preventing Romanov from controlling successfully.
Romanov throwing strikes but missing.
Romanov is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Kawanabe is trying to control the position but Romanov postures up.
Romanov working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Kawanabe is trying to keep Romanov in close.
Romanov working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Kawanabe is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Romanov keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Kawanabe lands a lovely overhand right.
Romanov pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
A little jabbing left from Kawanabe on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Kawanabe misses with a right hand
and Romanov counters by moving into the clinch.
Romanov misses with a punch on the inside.
Kawanabe is trying to force a seperation but Romanov has the dominant position.
Romanov has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Kawanabe is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Romanov jumps guard.
Romanov throws some shots to the body, keeping his opponent honest.
Romanov is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Romanov trying to strike off his back.
Romanov striking off his back, scoring a few points.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kawanabe stopping the sweep attempt from Romanov.
Kawanabe sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Kawanabe preventing the sweep.
Kawanabe trying to control the position from guard on top but Romanov is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
Romanov throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Kawanabe misses with a looping left.
Kawanabe punishes Romanov's body with a nice straight punch.
Romanov steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Kawanabe.
Kawanabe misses with a left hand
and Romanov counters with a nice double leg into side control. Kawanabe won't be happy with that.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Romanov controls the position from side control.
Romanov lands a nice forearm strike.
Kawanabe tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Kawanabe on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Romanov scoring with punches from side control.
Romanov scores with a couple of short elbows.
Kawanabe is rocked!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Romanov scoring with punches and elbows.
Kawanabe is still in real trouble! Can Romanov finish him?
Kawanabe takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Both fighters have adopted an aggressive gameplan on the ground!
Romanov scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Kawanabe to see if he's OK.
A big shot lands for Romanov! That's hurt Kawanabe! Will he recover? Romanov fires away with more strikes and the referee has to step in to stop the fight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:58 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Dimitri Romanov!
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hype
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FIGHT
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