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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Kaiji Inoue (ranked 2972 p4p, 325 weight class) and James Hackett (ranked 23739 p4p, 553 weight class). Inoue comes to the cage accompanied by Ladies and Gentlemen (Saliva). On his way into the cage it seems that Kaiji Inoue has been attacked by a crazed fan! It looks like it might have been the just bleed guy! Luckily Kaiji Inoue seems to be OK! I thought that lunatic was in prison!?
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150 lbs
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BJJ Purple Belt
World class MT
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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
3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Kaiji Inoue!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, James Hackett!
The judges for this bout are John Roberts, John Kavanagh and Franklyn Lucas.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Inoue throws out a loose jab but Hackett uses good head movement to avoid it.
Hackett defending well as Inoue loads up on a big left hand.
Inoue with a hook.
Inoue moves into the clinch.
Hackett manages to break the clinch.
Inoue lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Inoue throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Inoue seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
Inoue throws out a loose jab but Hackett uses good head movement to avoid it.
Inoue misses with an uppercut
and Hackett counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Inoue looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Hackett looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Inoue moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Inoue slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Inoue looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Hackett checks a leg kick.
A little jabbing left from Hackett on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Inoue throws a hook to the side of Hackett's head but Hackett sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hackett waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Inoue.
Hackett fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Inoue manages to avoid it.
Inoue swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Inoue delivers a nice body kick.
Nice body punch from Inoue.
Hackett gets tackled into the cage by Inoue. Inoue maintains the clinch.
Hackett connects with a knee to the head.
It looks like Kaiji Inoue has been cut.
Inoue misses with some punches.
Hackett lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Hackett blocks the elbow strike.
Inoue misses with a short punch on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Inoue fails to land.
Inoue lands a left hand that snaps the head of Hackett backwards.
Hackett looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Inoue scores with a nice hook to the head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Inoue throws a punch but it's blocked by Hackett.
Inoue lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Hackett breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hackett has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Inoue finds it's way round the side to connect with Hackett's head.
Inoue tries to clinch but Hackett moves away
and Hackett connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Hackett moves forwards but Inoue connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Hackett misses the shot to the body.
Hackett loads up on a big right hand but Inoue slips the punch.
Inoue darts in trying to clinch
and Hackett cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Hackett throws a hook to the side of Inoue's head but Inoue sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Inoue takes the fight into the clinch.
Hackett escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Inoue scores with a sloppy right hand. Hackett should have avoided that one.
Inoue connects with a body shot.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hackett ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Inoue forces Hackett back against the cage and clinches.
Hackett tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Inoue drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Hackett gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Hackett misses with a punch to the body.
Hackett tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Inoue avoids it.
Hackett breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Inoue tries to clinch but Hackett is having none of it.
Hackett throws out a counter right but Inoue avoids it with no problem.
Kaiji Inoue seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Hackett needs to keep his hands up - Inoue had a free shot at his head there.
Inoue connects with a looping right hand.
Inoue wants to clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hackett throws an overhand right that lands on Inoue's shoulder, as Inoue tries to avoid the shot.
Inoue throws a sloppy head kick and Hackett moves out of range easily.
Hackett takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Hackett walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Hackett scores with a jab. Inoue acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Inoue darts in and clinches Hackett up against the cage.
Inoue wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Inoue misses with a hook from the clinch.
Hackett struggles to land a body shot inside as Inoue controls his hands.
A nice right hand lands inside from Inoue.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Hackett.
A nice left hand lands by Inoue.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Inoue.
Hackett takes a shot to the head.
Inoue misses with a short punch on the inside.
A short right from Inoue on the inside.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Kaiji Inoue dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Kaiji Inoue's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Inoue tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Hackett was well out of range. Poor timing from Inoue.
Hackett lands a nice hook to Inoue's body. Inoue takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Inoue goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Inoue fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Nice uppercut there from Inoue.
Inoue wants to clinch up but Hackett keeps it at a distance.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Hackett! But no joy.
Inoue ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Hackett throws a hook but Inoue avoids it easily.
Hackett closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Inoue misses with a head kick.
Hackett slips a straight right by Inoue.
Inoue throws an off balance right hand
and Hackett counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Inoue is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Hackett can do to turn this around?
Inoue digs a good body shot into Hackett's ribs.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Inoue keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Hackett.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hackett throws a hook but Inoue avoids it easily.
Inoue gets a clinch.
Kaiji Inoue has scored more points in the clinch so far.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Hackett.
Hackett breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Inoue is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Hackett throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
James Hackett is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
An inside leg kick lands from Inoue.
Inoue lands a jab.
Inoue misses the shot to the body.
It seemed like Hackett was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Inoue lands an overhand right.
Inoue misses with a body shot.
Inoue has Hackett up against the cage in a clinch.
Inoue is looking to take this one to the mat.
Inoue throws a punch but it's blocked by Hackett.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hackett manages to break the clinch.
Inoue has his takedown stuffed
and Hackett cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Inoue tries to clinch up.
Inoue misses with a hook
and Hackett counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Inoue ducks under a wild hook from Hackett.
Inoue uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Hackett.
Inoue lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Inoue lands a jab.
Inoue gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Inoue looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Nice body punch from Hackett - that landed with a thud.
Inoue swings away with an uppercut that misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hackett breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Hackett avoids the head kick by Inoue.
Inoue throws a hook but Hackett blocks it.
A little jabbing left from Hackett on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Inoue is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Hackett.
Good leg kick by Inoue there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Inoue has closed the distance and engaged Hackett in a clinch.
Inoue throws a punch but it's blocked by Hackett.
Inoue lands a nice elbow.
Hackett dodges an elbow strike from Inoue.
Inoue working aggressively here.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Hackett lands a shot to the body.
Inoue misses with a hook from the clinch.
Inoue blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Inoue lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Hackett backwards.
A right hook to the body lands for Hackett.
Hackett breaks from the clinch.
Inoue misses with a double jab
and Hackett counters with a straight right hand.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Good exchange - Inoue coming out on top.
Hackett slips under a jab.
It seemed like Hackett was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Inoue throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Inoue slips under a jab.
Inoue misses with a looping right.
Despite the aggression on Hackett's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Hackett keeps the fight on the outside.
Inoue throws a series of punches but Hackett moves out of range.
Hackett thows a left - swing and a miss!
Inoue jabs Hackett right on the nose. Hackett blinks but takes it well.
Hackett defending well as Inoue loads up on a big left hand.
Inoue connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Kaiji Inoue dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Kaiji Inoue's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! And we move into the final round!
Hackett takes one to the side of the head.
Inoue works over Hackett's head and body with a nice combination.
Inoue misses with a hook
and Hackett counters with a stiff right hand.
Inoue clinches up with Hackett and pushes him back against the cage.
Inoue gets through Hackett's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Hackett has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Hackett looking to throw knees to the head but Inoue is blocking nicely.
Inoue misses with a hook from the clinch.
Hackett trying to land knees to the body.
Inoue scores with a shot to the side of Hackett's head.
Hackett keeps control of Inoue as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Hackett breaks the clinch.
Inoue jabs Hackett to the body, keeping him at a distance.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Inoue ducks under a wild hook from Hackett.
Inoue uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Hackett.
Hackett tries to keep at a distance but Inoue has taken the fight into the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hackett scores with a knee to the head.
Hackett swings wildly with an uppercut but Inoue uses good head movement to avoid it.
Hackett blocks an uppercut.
Inoue blocks a body shot from Hackett.
Hackett throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Inoue blocks it with crossed arms.
Inoue blocks a body shot from Hackett.
Hackett trying to land knees to the body.
Inoue lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Inoue lands an elbow that stopped Hackett in his tracks for a moment.
Inoue blocks an uppercut.
Hackett utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Hackett digs a right hand underneath Inoue's ribcage. Inoue let out a lung full of air as it connected.
The referee is keeping an eye on Hackett - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Hackett throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Inoues head.
Inoue lands a good knee to the midsection. Hackett won't want to take too many of those.
James Hackett has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hackett tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Inoue misses with a punch to the body.
A left hand lands to the body for Hackett.
Hackett breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Inoue jabs at Hackett's body.
Inoue cracks Hackett with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Hackett circles away from the clinch attempt
and Hackett counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Inoue moves away from the strike by Hackett.
Inoue shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Hackett is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Inoue looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hackett working a defensive guard here.
Hackett has an active guard here but Inoue has managed to pass into half guard.
Hackett keeps control of the position for the meantime.
Inoue decides he's had enough of the ground and stands up.
Inoue looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Hackett waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Inoue.
Inoue lands an overhand right.
Inoue shoots in and gets a takedown into Hackett's guard.
Hackett pulls Inoue in to control the position.
Hackett has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Inoue can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Inoue avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Hackett is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.
Hackett escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Inoue gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
And that's the end of the fight!
Kaiji Inoue showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Inoue has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 John Roberts scores the fight 30:27
Judge John Kavanagh scores the fight 30:27
Judge Franklyn Lucas scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Kaiji Inoue!
After winning the bout, Kaiji Inoue thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.
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