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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Samsung LoveMachine (ranked 2525 p4p, 261 weight class) and Atsuro Nagashi (ranked 1871 p4p, 214 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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270 lbs
4 - 1 - 0 |
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224 lbs
5 - 1 - 0 |
Dangerous GnP
Basic striking
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BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Samsung LoveMachine!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Atsuro Nagashi!
The judges for this bout are Paul Tew, Sam Margolis and Andrew Berry.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nagashi lands with an overhand left.
LoveMachine looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Nagashi thows a left - swing and a miss!
Nagashi connects with a nice looking jab.
LoveMachine takes one on the button.
LoveMachine on the wrong end of a nice hook.
LoveMachine moves away from the strike by Nagashi.
LoveMachine moves into the clinch.
Nagashi lands with a short shot to the head.
LoveMachine blocks a punch to the side of the head.
LoveMachine lands a takedown into guard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
LoveMachine throws a big right hand that misses.
Nagashi looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Nagashi looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.
LoveMachine wants to pass the guard but Nagashi is keeping the position.
LoveMachine postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
LoveMachine is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Nagashi is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. LoveMachine is aware though and is defending well.
Nagashi tries to land a sweep but no joy.
LoveMachine with a flurry of punches that miss.
Nagashi tries to land a sweep but no joy.
LoveMachine throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Nagashi works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nagashi controlling LoveMachine's posture.
LoveMachine postures up and lands a big shot to Nagashi's brow.
LoveMachine makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
LoveMachine lands a couple of digs.
LoveMachine with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells LoveMachine's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Nagashi working a defensive guard here.
LoveMachine throwing strikes from guard but Nagashi blocks nicely.
LoveMachine is working Nagashi over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
LoveMachine throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Nagashi works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
LoveMachine connects with a couple of short punches.
LoveMachine with a flurry of punches that miss.
Nagashi looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Nagashi keeps trying to improve his position.
LoveMachine pushes down on Nagashi's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Nagashi is looking for a sweep. LoveMachine is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nagashi is concentrating on defense, preventing LoveMachine from advancing position.
LoveMachine is nestled in close to Nagashi, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
LoveMachine looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Nagashi with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
The fighters are battling for position here. Nagashi manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
This has been an exciting period of action!
LoveMachine works over Nagashi with some ground and pound from guard.
Nagashi is trying to control the position but LoveMachine postures up.
Nagashi looking to hit a scissor sweep but LoveMachine is one step ahead there.
LoveMachine postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
LoveMachine content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
LoveMachine postures up and lands a big shot to Nagashi's brow.
Both fighters have adopted an aggressive gameplan on the ground!
LoveMachine keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Nagashi's head.
LoveMachine distracts Nagashi with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Nagashi is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
LoveMachine landing some decent shots from guard.
Nagashi has his foot on LoveMachine's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. LoveMachine works his way back into a safe position though.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
LoveMachine is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
LoveMachine content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
LoveMachine postures up.
LoveMachine is working Nagashi over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
LoveMachine working some strikes from top position.
LoveMachine scoring with some ground and pound.
Nagashi looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
LoveMachine is working Nagashi over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
LoveMachine is working Nagashi over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Nagashi is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
LoveMachine lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Nagashi is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
LoveMachine is looking to improve his position.
LoveMachine is trying to maintain the position but Nagashi is very close to passing his half guard.
LoveMachine is looking for a sweep. Nagashi is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nagashi wants to control but LoveMachine is keeping him busy.
Nagashi throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
LoveMachine is holding on to half guard well.
LoveMachine is pressing down on Nagashi's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
LoveMachine looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Nagashi in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Nagashi pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. LoveMachine is keeping the position for now.
Nagashi trying to control the position from guard on top but LoveMachine is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
LoveMachine wants to sweep here but Nagashi controlling him for the moment.
Nagashi looking to pass the guard.
Nagashi preventing the sweep.
LoveMachine is working hard here to advance position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Samsung LoveMachine dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
LoveMachine takes one to the chin there.
Nagashi tries to work over LoveMachine's front leg with a kick but LoveMachine checks it.
LoveMachine has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Nagashi cracks LoveMachine with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
LoveMachine takes a shot right to the bread basket.
LoveMachine shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
LoveMachine moves into the clinch.
LoveMachine is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Nagashi can do to turn this around?
Nagashi misses with a punch on the inside.
LoveMachine jumps guard and drags Nagashi to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.
Nagashi postures up.
Nagashi wants to control from the top but LoveMachine keeps moving.
LoveMachine looking for a sweep. Not yet LoveMachine, not yet.
LoveMachine is controlling Nagashi's posture.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
LoveMachine is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
LoveMachine bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Nagashi's guard.
LoveMachine 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.
Nagashi is adopting a defensive guard.
LoveMachine working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
LoveMachine with a nice head shot there.
Nagashi wants to sweep here but LoveMachine controlling him for the moment.
LoveMachine stands and throws Nagashi's legs to the side, diving into side control.
LoveMachine working away.
Nagashi tries to improve position but can't.
Nagashi manages to get back to half guard.
LoveMachine drops an elbow to the side of Nagashi's head.
Nagashi tries to roll over but LoveMachine keeps him under control.
Nagashi is trying to defend against the ground and pound but LoveMachine scores with a couple of nice shots.
LoveMachine takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
LoveMachine is nestled in close to Nagashi, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
LoveMachine is thwarting Nagashi's attempts to control the position.
Nagashi is doing well to avoid being mounted. He's controlling the position at the moment.
Nagashi gets back to full guard.
LoveMachine landing some decent shots from guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nagashi has momentary wrist control but LoveMachine slips an elbow through the middle.
LoveMachine scoring with some ground and pound.
Nagashi trying to control the position.
Nagashi looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Nagashi throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
LoveMachine scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
LoveMachine is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
LoveMachine lands a couple of digs.
Nagashi looking to hit a scissor sweep but LoveMachine is one step ahead there.
LoveMachine landing some decent shots from guard.
Nagashi is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
LoveMachine postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
LoveMachine working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Nagashi's head.
Nagashi looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
LoveMachine with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Samsung LoveMachine overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
LoveMachine scoring with punches to the head and body.
LoveMachine is working Nagashi over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Nagashi looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
LoveMachine lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Nagashi is rocked!
LoveMachine with a nice head shot there.
Nagashi is still in real trouble! Can LoveMachine finish him?
LoveMachine with a nice head shot there.
Nagashi looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Nagashi working a defensive guard here.
LoveMachine arches his back and unloads with a massive left and a right! Nagashi's eyes roll back into his head, he's out cold! The ref dives in to stop the fight - wow, they were hard shots!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:54 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Samsung LoveMachine!
Samsung LoveMachine is the new heavyweight champion!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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RATING
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