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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Hiro Manowaru (ranked 7591 p4p, 471 weight class) and Jan Schrijber (ranked 1014 p4p, 107 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Hiro Manowaru!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
8 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Jan Schrijber!
The judges for this bout are Reed Andrews, Bruno Lombardi and Jonathan Paton.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Manowaru blocks a low kick nicely.
It looked like Manowaru wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Manowaru blocks an uppercut.
Manowaru working aggressively here.
Manowaru can't find room to land a body shot as Schrijber controls the action.
Manowaru prevents a body shot from Schrijber.
Schrijber fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Schrijber looking to throw knees to the head but Manowaru is blocking nicely.
Schrijber blocks a body shot from Manowaru.
Manowaru definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Schrijber doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Schrijber is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Manowaru is defending well for now.
Manowaru blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Manowaru lands a nice uppercut.
Manowaru working aggressively here.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Manowaru scores with a shoulder strike.
Schrijber misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Manowaru.
Schrijber misses with a body punch.
Manowaru swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Schrijber tries a body shot but Manowaru blocks it.
Schrijber pushes Manowaru back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Schrijber prevents a body shot from Manowaru.
Manowaru throws a head punch that misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Schrijber misses with a punch to the body.
Schrijber tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Manowaru tries to throw a body punch but Schrijber avoids it by throwing Manowaru back against the cage.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Schrijber.
Schrijber tries to work over Manowaru's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Schrijber missing with knees to the body.
Manowaru misses with a short punch on the inside.
Manowaru pushes Schrijber back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Schrijber fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Manowaru misses with a hook to the ribs.
Manowaru misses with the head strike.
Schrijber has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Manowaru seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Schrijber can turn it around.
Schrijber lands a hook to the side of the head.
Manowaru fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Manowaru tries to throw a body punch but Schrijber avoids it by throwing Manowaru back against the cage.
Manowaru doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A short left from Schrijber.
Schrijber with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Manowaru is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Schrijber is keeping busy.
Schrijber is leaning against Manowaru and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Schrijber tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Manowaru tries a body shot but Schrijber blocks it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Manowaru can't find room to land a body shot as Schrijber controls the action.
Manowaru tries a body shot but Schrijber blocks it.
Schrijber landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Manowaru misses with a punch to the body.
Manowaru wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Manowaru's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Schrijber.
Schrijber with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Schrijber struggles to land a body shot inside as Manowaru controls his hands.
Schrijber lands a knee to the body.
Schrijber tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Manowaru slowing the pace effectively.
Manowaru lands a left hand.
Manowaru cracks Schrijber with a nice body shot.
Manowaru lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Manowaru lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Manowaru breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Manowaru throws a shot from downtown. Schrijber moves away and avoids it.
Schrijber finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Schrijber scores with a three punch combo!
Schrijber lands a nice leg kick that just misses Manowaru's sensitive parts.
Schrijber tries to close the distance and clinch but Manowaru swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Manowaru misses with a looping right.
Manowaru misses with a body shot.
Schrijber is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
Schrijber tries to score with a low kick but Manowaru moves his leg out of the way.
Manowaru is looking to counter punch.
Schrijber delivers a nice body kick.
Schrijber fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Schrijber fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Manowaru is out of range.
A quick step to the side and Manowaru tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Manowaru throws a right hand that misses
and Manowaru takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Schrijber throws a leg kick but Manowaru sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Schrijber scores with a hook to the body. Manowaru takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Schrijber turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Schrijber.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Schrijber tries to close the distance and clinch but Manowaru swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Manowaru swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Schrijber connects with a leg kick. Manowaru looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Manowaru uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Schrijber.
Schrijber tried to score with a low kick but Manowaru checks it.
Schrijber takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Schrijber feints and then cracks Manowaru's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Manowaru down.
Schrijber takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
It looks like Jan Schrijber has been cut.
A chopping leg kick lands by Schrijber.
Schrijber misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Manowaru.
Schrijber scores with a punch to the head.
Manowaru pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jan Schrijber dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Jan Schrijber's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
A nice leg kick lands there from Schrijber.
Manowaru checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Schrijber misses with a low kick as Manowaru jumps back.
Manowaru throws a jab when Schrijber was well out of range.
Schrijber closes the distance looking to clinch
and Manowaru cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Schrijber feints and then cracks Manowaru's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Manowaru down.
Manowaru 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.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Schrijber throws a quick inside leg kick.
Schrijber tries to clinch but Manowaru moves away
and Manowaru counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Schrijber tests Manowaru's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Schrijber fails in his attempt to clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Schrijber tries to score with a low kick but Manowaru moves his leg out of the way.
Manowaru is looking to counter punch.
Manowaru tries to work over Schrijber's front leg with a kick but Schrijber checks it.
Schrijber tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Manowaru throwing a counter right hand but Schrijber manages to avoid it.
Schrijber thows a body kick. Manowaru tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Schrijber scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Manowaru takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
The step up in weight doesn't seem to be a problem for Schrijber. He's performing admirably here against the bigger man.
Schrijber connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Schrijber throws a low kick but it's checked well by Manowaru.
Manowaru throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Schrijber sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Schrijber throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Schrijber throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Manowaru 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.
Schrijber has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Manowaru throws a jab but it's blocked by Schrijber.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Manowaru takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Manowaru throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Schrijber looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Nice uppercut lands for Schrijber. That snapped Manowaru's head back.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Manowaru throws a shot from downtown. Schrijber moves away and avoids it.
Schrijber throws a body shot but no joy.
Manowaru throws a jab but it's blocked by Schrijber.
Manowaru keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Manowaru walks into a jab.
Schrijber throws a nice outside leg kick.
Schrijber tries to clinch but Manowaru is having none of it.
Schrijber fails in his attempt to clinch.
Schrijber connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nice straight punches there by Manowaru. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Manowaru.
A nice inside leg kick there by Schrijber. That's going to slow Manowaru down.
Manowaru throws a big shot that misses.
Schrijber connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Some bone on bone action there as Manowaru checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Manowaru takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Manowaru misses with a double jab.
Manowaru throws a right hand that misses
and Schrijber counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Schrijber doesn't manage to clinch there - Manowaru circles away.
Manowaru throwing a counter right hand but Schrijber manages to avoid it.
A telegraphed right hand from Schrijber misses the target.
Schrijber throws a shot from downtown. Manowaru moves away and avoids it.
A solid leg kick lands there for Schrijber.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Manowaru throws a body punch but Schrijber moves out of range.
Manowaru closes the distance and clinches.
Schrijber crunches a lovely knee into Manowaru's ribcage.
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!
Schrijber goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Nice body punch from Manowaru - that landed with a thud.
Manowaru lands a left hand that snaps the head of Schrijber backwards.
Manowaru lands a body punch in the clinch.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Manowaru.
Schrijber tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Manowaru misses with a body punch.
Schrijber trying to land knees to the body.
Manowaru struggles to land a body shot inside as Schrijber controls his hands.
Manowaru lands an uppercut.
Jan Schrijber seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Schrijber misses with a punch to the body.
Manowaru avoiding damage as Schrijber throws knees to the body.
Nice body punch from Manowaru.
Schrijber is breathing heavily.
Manowaru escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Schrijber tries to bum rush Manowaru with a series of wild strikes but Manowaru uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jan Schrijber showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Jan Schrijber's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!
Manowaru digs a good hook to Schrijber's body.
Manowaru bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Manowaru misses with a straight left.
Schrijber displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Manowaru throws out the jab.
Manowaru throws the left hand but Schrijber avoids the punch easily.
Manowaru lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Schrijber buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Schrijber takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Schrijber tries to close the distance and clinch up but Manowaru swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Manowaru is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nice shot lands for Schrijber.
Schrijber misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Schrijber lands with a straight right. Manowaru didn't see that one coming.
Manowaru keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Manowaru swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Schrijber changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Schrijber scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Schrijber wants to clinch up but Manowaru keeps it at a distance.
Manowaru is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Schrijber tries to clinch up
and Manowaru counters with a crisp one two that drops Schrijber! Manowaru thinks about following him to the mat for a moment but instead steps back and waves Schrijber to his feet! Schrijber is in big trouble!
Schrijber is rocked!
Schrijber takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Manowaru staying out of range there.
Schrijber throws a solid leg kick but Manowaru takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Schrijber.
Schrijber lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Manowaru at a distance.
Manowaru misses the shot to the body.
Schrijber slips under a jab from Manowaru.
Manowaru throws a shot from downtown. Schrijber moves away and avoids it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Schrijber displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Hiro Manowaru has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Manowaru scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Schrijber doesn't seem bothered though.
Manowaru avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
An inside leg kick from Schrijber misses.
Manowaru takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Schrijber fails with an attempt to clinch.
Manowaru's jab looks to have found its range, popping Schrijber under the eye.
Manowaru throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Manowaru misses the body punch
and Schrijber counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
A jab from Schrijber does it's job there.
Manowaru lands a body shot.
Manowaru misses with a wild body shot.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A looping hook to the body misses from Manowaru. Schrijber does a little dance to reset his feet.
Jan Schrijber seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Manowaru has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Schrijber.
Schrijber chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Manowaru throws a jab when Schrijber was well out of range.
Schrijber on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Manowaru takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Manowaru is looking to counter with a body kick.
Manowaru lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Schrijber is still on wobbly legs! Can Manowaru finish him?
Manowaru misses with an uppercut.
A chopping leg kick lands by Schrijber.
Schrijber seems to have recovered his senses.
Schrijber throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Manowaru was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Schrijber on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
A slapping leg kick lands for Schrijber.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Manowaru takes one to the chin there.
Manowaru blocks a low kick nicely.
Some bone on bone action there as Manowaru checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Manowaru swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Manowaru fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Schrijber finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Jan Schrijber is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Schrijber uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Manowaru.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Schrijber.
Schrijber connects with a leg kick. Manowaru looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Manowaru lands a big right hand that sends Schrijber crashing to the mat! Manowaru stays standing though and waves Schrijber back to his feet!
Manowaru throws a right hand that misses
and Schrijber makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Schrijber is looking to clinch.
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 Hiro Manowaru.
I think Schrijber 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 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Reed Andrews scores the fight 28:29
Judge Bruno Lombardi scores the fight 28:29
Judge Jonathan Paton scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jan Schrijber!
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