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Event:
Pulse 40
Date: Sep 03, 2016 |
#R1#
Aoki throws a solid leg kick but Down takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Aoki.
Aoki misses with a straight left.
Down feints the counter takedown.
Down has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.
Aoki throws a sloppy head kick and Down moves out of range easily.
Aoki misses with a low kick. #CL#
Aoki rushes Down and presses him up against the ropes.
Aoki tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Down has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Aoki is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Aoki with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Aoki tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Down can't get the takedown.
Aoki using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Aoki misses with a knee strike.
Aoki crunches a lovely knee into Down's ribcage.
Down looks winded!
Aoki landing some nice looking knees to the body.
A short left from Aoki. #T1#
Aoki misses with a knee to the head.
Aoki stalling.
Aoki connects with a nasty looking knee right to Down's face.
Aoki unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Aoki connects with a nasty looking knee right to Down's face.
Aoki looking to throw knees to the head but Down is blocking nicely.
Aoki softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.
Aoki throws a knee to the head but misses.
Aoki lands a knee to the body.
Aoki landing knees to the head.
Aoki has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Aoki misses with a knee strike.
Down has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Aoki after a bit of a struggle.
Michinori Aoki has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Your Down.
Aoki with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Aoki throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Down blocks it with crossed arms.
Down has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Aoki after a bit of a struggle.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Down. #T2#
Aoki throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Down blocks it with crossed arms.
Aoki tries to land a knee to the head but Down blocks with his arms.
Aoki connects with a knee to the head.
Aoki prevents the takedown attempt.
Aoki throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Down blocks it with crossed arms.
Aoki tries a knee to the head but Down blocks it.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Aoki takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Down changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Aoki fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Aoki throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Down changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.
Michinori Aoki seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.#CL#
Aoki fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Down, pushing him back against the ropes.
Aoki is pushing Down up against the ropes, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Aoki lands a big knee to the head and Down goes down! Aoki pounces and finishes the fight with strikes! He jumps to his feet and celebrates with the crowd!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Michinori Aoki!
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Event:
Pulse 37
Date: Aug 13, 2016 |
#R1#
Reddish tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Aoki is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
Reddish shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Aoki tries to counter by closing the distance.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Reddish.#CL2#
Aoki gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Aoki throws a knee to the head but misses.
Aoki is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the ropes.
Aoki tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Reddish digs a right hand underneath Aoki's ribcage. Aoki let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Reddish doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Aoki tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Reddish lands with a short shot to the head.
Reddish lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Aoki tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Reddish avoids it.
Reddish throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Aokis head.
Reddish slows down the pace here.
Aoki with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
#T1#
Aoki with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Reddish misses with a short punch on the inside.
Reddish misses with a hook from the clinch.
Aoki crunches a lovely knee into Reddish's ribcage.
Aoki blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Aoki lands a knee to the head.
#CUT2#
It looks like Garrett Reddish has been cut.
Reddish digs a right hand into Aoki's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Aoki's gas tank.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Aoki.
Aoki looking to throw knees to the head but Reddish is blocking nicely.
Aoki tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Aoki scores with a knee to the head.
Aoki with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Reddish misses with some punches.
Reddish throws a punch but it's blocked by Aoki.
Reddish struggles to land a body shot inside as Aoki controls his hands.
Reddish throws a head punch that misses.
Aoki with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Reddish stalling in the clinch but Aoki improves position. #T2#
Reddish goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Aoki with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Aoki unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Aoki prevents a body shot from Reddish.
I was talking to Reddish's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
A right handed body shot lands from Reddish.
Aoki blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Aoki connects with a knee to the head.
Aoki looking to throw knees to the head but Reddish is blocking nicely.
Reddish lands an uppercut.
Reddish scores with a shot to the side of Aoki's head.
Aoki misses with a knee strike.
Reddish lands a left hand.
Reddish throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Aokis head.
Reddish lands a shoulder strike.
Aoki misses with a knee strike.
With the fighters clinched against the ropes, Reddish creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Reddish tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Aoki tries a knee to the head but Reddish blocks it.
#T3#
Reddish struggles to land a body shot inside as Aoki controls his hands.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Aoki.
Reddish is pushing Aoki up against the ropes, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Reddish swings wildly with an uppercut but Aoki uses good head movement to avoid it.
Aoki looking to throw knees to the head but Reddish is blocking nicely.
Reddish working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
A shot in the inside from Reddish.
Reddish struggles to land a body shot inside as Aoki controls his hands.
Reddish tries to work over Aoki's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Reddish managing to block the knees to the body from Aoki.
Aoki tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Aoki tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Aoki tries a knee to the head but Reddish blocks it.
Aoki scores with a knee to the head.
#T4#
Aoki blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Reddish misses with a short punch on the inside.
Aoki blocks a body shot from Reddish.
Aoki tries to land a knee to the head but Reddish blocks with his arms.
Reddish working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Aoki lands a nice knee to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Reddish misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Aoki tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Aoki landing knees to the head.
Aoki prevents a body shot from Reddish.
Aoki using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Reddish has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Reddish throws a punch but it's blocked by Aoki.
Aoki tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Aoki looking to throw knees to the head but Reddish is blocking nicely.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Reddish tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Aoki misses with a knee to the head.
Aoki misses with a knee to the head.
Reddish tries to throw a body punch but Aoki avoids it by throwing Reddish back against the ropes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Michinori Aoki will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Garrett Reddish's cut.
That's time! Reddish's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
#R2#
Aoki looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Aoki tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Reddish lands a nice looking kick to the body. Aoki takes a step back to recover.
Reddish lands with a cross.
Reddish tries a head kick but it misses.
Reddish shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Reddish with a jab.
Reddish fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Aoki on the side of the head.
The fight stays on the outside here - Aoki looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Reddish connects with the punch.#CL2#
Aoki clinches up with Reddish and pushes him back against the ropes.#T1#
Reddish throws a punch but it's blocked by Aoki.
Aoki blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Aoki tries to land a knee to the head but Reddish blocks with his arms.
Reddish throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Michinori Aoki seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Reddish.
Reddish tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Aoki tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Aoki swings wildly with an uppercut but Reddish uses good head movement to avoid it.
Aoki misses with a knee strike.
Aoki blocks a body shot from Reddish.
Aoki misses with a knee strike.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Reddish.
Aoki blocks a body shot from Reddish.
Aoki misses with a knee to the head.
Reddish misses with the head strike.
Reddish lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Aoki or not.
Reddish avoiding damage.
#T2#
Reddish swings wildly with an uppercut but Aoki uses good head movement to avoid it.
Reddish digs a right hand underneath Aoki's ribcage. Aoki let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Reddish goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Aoki tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Reddish misses with a body punch.
Aoki with an attempt at a knee that misses.
It really doesn't seem like the step up in weight is hurting Reddish here at all. He's more than holding his own against the bigger man.
Aoki with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Aoki with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Reddish misses with a body punch.
Aoki tries a knee to the head but Reddish blocks it.
Reddish misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Reddish tries to work over Aoki's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Reddish struggles to land a body shot inside as Aoki controls his hands.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Aoki as Reddish tries to tie him up.
Aoki tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
#T3#
Reddish controlling the action here for a moment.
Aoki throws a knee to the head but misses.
Reddish tries to throw a body punch but Aoki avoids it by throwing Reddish back against the ropes.
Aoki misses with a knee to the head.
Reddish lands a left hand.
Reddish misses with a punch on the inside.
Reddish tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Aoki with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Aoki connects with a nasty looking knee right to Reddish's face.
Reddish working aggressively here.
Aoki tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Reddish misses with a punch to the body.
Aoki misses with a punch to the body.
Aoki with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Aoki looking to throw knees to the head but Reddish is blocking nicely.
#T4#
Reddish lands with a right to the head.
Reddish tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Aoki's elbow.
Reddish lands a shoulder strike.
Reddish struggles to land a body shot inside as Aoki controls his hands.
Reddish takes a knee right on the jaw!
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!
Aoki blocking some punches.
Reddish misses with a hook from the clinch.
Reddish stalls.
Reddish misses with a hook to the ribs.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Aoki as Reddish tries to tie him up.
Reddish makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Aoki misses with a knee to the head.
Reddish goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Reddish doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Reddish lands a right hand.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Garrett Reddish dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Garrett Reddish's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!
#R3#
Reddish scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Aoki moves out of range as Reddish throws a body kick.
Aoki steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Reddish.
Reddish cracks Aoki with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Reddish misses with a looping left.
Reddish tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Aoki wants to counter the offense by Reddish and move into the clinch position.
Reddish lands with a cross.
Reddish scoring well with a low kick there.
Reddish looks to land a right hand but Aoki moved out of range.
Garrett Reddish seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Reddish works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Reddish throws a leg kick #CL2#
and Aoki counters by clinching up.
Aoki landing knees to the head.
Reddish working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Aoki blocks an uppercut.
Aoki utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Reddish goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
#T1#
Aoki misses with a knee to the head.
Aoki trying to control the position but instead, Reddish has worked for underhooks and has pushed Aoki into the ropes.
Reddish misses with a hook to the ribs.
Aoki tries to land a knee to the head but Reddish blocks with his arms.
Aoki throws a knee to the head but misses.
Aoki taking a breather.
Aoki tries to land a knee to the head but Reddish blocks with his arms.
Reddish can't find room to land a body shot as Aoki controls the action.
Reddish takes a knee right on the jaw!
Reddish tries to throw a body punch but Aoki avoids it by throwing Reddish back against the ropes.
Aoki scores with a knee to the head.
Reddish throws a head punch that misses.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Reddish. #T2#
Aoki throws a knee to the head but misses.
A short uppercut from Reddish.
Reddish lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Reddish lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Reddish pushes Aoki back against the ropes and lands a hook to the side of the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Reddish tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Aoki with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Aoki with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Reddish tries to work over Aoki's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Aoki tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Reddish lands a body punch.
Aoki with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Aoki misses with a knee to the head.
Reddish trying to stall but Aoki improves his position.
Aoki tries to land a knee to the head but Reddish blocks with his arms.
Reddish doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Aoki misses with a knee strike.
#T3#
Reddish digs a right hand into Aoki's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Aoki's gas tank.
Aoki tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Reddish throws a punch but it's blocked by Aoki.
Reddish lands a body punch.
Reddish scores with a shot to the side of Aoki's head.
A right handed body shot lands from Reddish.
Reddish pushes Aoki back against the ropes and unloads with a body punch.
Reddish misses with a punch to the body.
Reddish lands a right hand that snaps the head of Aoki backwards.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Reddish.
A short left from Reddish.
Reddish lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Reddish presses Aoki against the ropes and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Reddish lands a shot to the body.
Reddish throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Aokis head.
A nice right hand lands inside from Reddish. #T4#
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!
Reddish swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Aoki trying to control the position but instead, Reddish has worked for underhooks and has pushed Aoki into the ropes.
Aoki blocking some punches.
Reddish working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
A right hand to the body from Reddish.
Reddish misses with a body punch.
Reddish misses with a short punch on the inside.
Reddish doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Reddish pushes Aoki back against the ropes and unloads with a body punch.
Reddish lands an uppercut.
Aoki tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Reddish doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Stalling in the clinch from Reddish.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Reddish.
Reddish lands a body shot in the clinch.
And that's the end of the fight!
Garrett Reddish showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Reddish 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 Shigeki Fujiwara scores the fight 29:28
Judge Yasuomi Hirokawa scores the fight 30:27
Judge Yukihiro Shimada scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Garrett Reddish!
After winning the bout, Garrett Reddish 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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Event:
Pulse 34
Date: Jul 23, 2016 |
#R1#
Ames fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Aoki avoids it really well and circles away.
As Ames backs away, Aoki returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
Ames fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Ames has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Aoki.
A low kick from Ames misses
and Aoki counters with a good low kick that Ames was not able to check.
Aoki scoring well with a low kick there.
Aoki tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Aoki avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Nice body kick from Ames.
A slow jab from Ames misses its intended target.
Aoki stuffs the takedown.
Aoki appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Aoki throws a nice outside leg kick. #T1#
Ames changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Aoki tries to avoid it but Ames manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Aoki to the ground. Aoki escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Michinori Aoki has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ed Ames.
Sloppy strikes from Ames. Those never looked like landing.
Aoki blocks a jab.
Aoki lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Aoki connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Aoki connects with a leg kick. Ames looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Aoki slips a jab and a cross from Ames.
Aoki throws a wild body kick that Ames sees coming a mile off.
We've been told by Aoki's head coaches at Hellfire Antechamber that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Michinori Aoki is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Ames.
Aoki is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Ames.
Ames throws a poor cross that misses
and Aoki counters with a slapping leg kick.
You can see that Ames has visibly slowed down as a result of the leg kicks
Ames looks winded!
Aoki throws a left jab followed by a right to the body, Oh Ames colapses and takes a barrage of punches from Aoki as he moves to mount! the ref stops the fight and Ames is left battered and dazed whilst Aoki and his camp cheer!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Michinori Aoki!
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Event:
Pulse 31
Date: Jul 02, 2016 |
#R1#
Lesnar fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
It looked like Aoki wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Lesnar misses with a takedown
and Aoki counters with an outside leg kick.
Lesnar shoots in but doesn't get the takedown #KD#
and Aoki counters with a head kick that drops Lesnar to the mat! Lesnar scrambles across the canvas and gets back to his feet, still wobbly!
Michinori Aoki has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Brock Lesnar.
An inside leg kick lands from Aoki.
Aoki buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
We've been told by Aoki's head coaches at Hellfire Antechamber that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Lesnar fails with a takedown attempt from distance.#TD2#
Lesnar bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Aoki is looking to regain half guard here but Lesnar keeps moving and retains side control.
Lesnar in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
Lesnar scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Aoki to see if he's OK.#T1#
Lesnar wants to lay and pray for a moment but Aoki keeps working.
A bit of a lull in the action here.
Aoki is trying to get back to half guard.
Aoki on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Aoki tries to get out of the position.
Lesnar landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Lesnar is putting a hurting on Aoki here, landing some big shots from side control.
Aoki tries to slip a leg under to move to half guard but Lesnar presses down on the leg and jumps into full mount!
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Lesnar cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.#T2#
Lesnar is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Lesnar putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Lesnar wants to control the pace but Aoki is squirming around nicely.
Aoki is in all sorts of trouble here.
Lesnar controlling from mount.
Lesnar working Aoki over with strikes here.
Lesnar looking to control but Aoki is working nicely, looking to advance position himself. #T3#
Lesnar landing strikes from the mount.
Lesnar controlling his opponent.
Lesnar lands a big elbow.
Aoki knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Lesnar on the ground.
Lesnar with good strikes from the mount here!
Lesnar looking to finish Aoki with some ground and pound. This is bad for Aoki!
Lesnar has his opponent pinned against the ropes, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Aoki's face.
Lesnar putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Lesnar wants to control the pace but Aoki is squirming around nicely.
Aoki tries to hold on but Lesnar postures up.#T4#
Aoki can't escape the position.
Lesnar with a couple of short strikes.
Lesnar trying to control but Aoki is having none of it.
Aoki tries to lock up and control but Lesnar gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Aoki really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Lesnar tries to control but Aoki wriggling away.
Lesnar working Aoki over with strikes here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Brock Lesnar dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
#R2#
A slapping leg kick lands for Aoki.
#CL#
Aoki closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the ropes.
Aoki lands a shoulder strike. #KD#
Aoki drops Lesnar with a big knee straight up the middle! Lesnar is covering up against the ropes but manages to escape and gets back to his feet! #CUT#
It looks like Brock Lesnar has been cut.
Lesnar misses with a takedown attempt
and Aoki makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Lesnar really felt that one!
Aoki throws a nice outside 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!
Lesnar fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Aoki swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Aoki.
An inside leg kick lands from Aoki.
Lesnar with a lazy takedown attempt
and Aoki counters with a nice low kick that buckles Lesnar's knee momentarily.
Michinori Aoki has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Brock Lesnar.
Lesnar is breathing heavily.
A nice inside leg kick there by Aoki. That's going to slow Lesnar down. #T1#
Lesnar 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.
Lesnar's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
A nice leg kick lands there from Aoki.
Lesnar gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Aoki counters with a flying knee that drops Lesnar! Aoki dives in and finishes the fight with a flurry of strikes from the mount!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:17 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Michinori Aoki!
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Event:
Pulse 27
Date: Jun 04, 2016 |
#R1##CL2#
Aoki closes the distance and clinches.
Honda is trying to break free.
Honda goes for a takedown in the clinch but Aoki prevents it.
Honda wants to get back to striking at distance but Aoki won't allow it.
Honda drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Aoki gets the underhooks and prevents it.
#TD#
Honda has picked Aoki up - he's going for a ride! Honda dumps his opponent to the mat with a thud and settles into half guard.
Aoki is trying to get back to full guard.
Honda takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Aoki tries to get to full guard but Honda has control of the leg.
Honda wants to pass the guard but Aoki is defending well.
Honda is controlling the pace.
#T1#
Honda drops an elbow to the side of Aoki's head.
Honda working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Honda is controlling the pace.
Aoki is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Honda scores with a couple of nice shots.#T2#
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Honda controlling the pace.
Aoki trying to control but Honda postures up.
Honda throwing shots but Aoki is blocking nicely.
Honda 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.#SUB#
Honda seems to be working for a kimura but Aoki defends the submission attempt.
Honda sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Aoki defending well though.
Honda trying to mount his opponent but Aoki defends it. #T3#
Honda working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Honda working over Aoki with some ground and pound. Aoki looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Honda stalling.
Honda's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.
Honda tries to pass the half guard into mount. Aoki knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Nice strikes from Honda there. #T4#
Honda keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
Honda not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Honda missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Honda controlling the pace.
Honda has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Yoko Honda 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.
#R2#
Honda dives in and grabs Aoki's left leg, looking for a takedown. Aoki pushes down on Honda's head and hops out.
Honda will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Aoki throws a lazy head kick #TD#
and Honda counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Honda passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for Aoki!
Honda tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Aoki wants to hold on but Honda pushes him away.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Honda looking to control and managing it successfully.
Honda looking to finish Aoki with some ground and pound. This is bad for Aoki!#T1#
Aoki is in a horrible position here. Honda smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
#CUT#
It looks like Michinori Aoki has been cut.
Honda controlling the pace for now.
Aoki is wriggling around trying to escape.
Honda sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Aoki felt the need to train up his defensive grappling in the buildup to the fight. Presumably he was expecting to be in a difficult position like this, so let's see if he can get out of it.
Honda scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Aoki?
#T2#
Honda looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Honda connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Honda lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Honda tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Honda lands a couple of good shots and Aoki has given up his back, trying to escape the position!#SUB#
Aoki defends a rear naked choke attempt by controlling one of Honda's arms.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Honda lands an elbow to the side of the head. #T3##SUB#
Honda is working on the RNC. He looks like he's got it but Aoki won't tap... Oh, he's out! The ref rips Honda off his unconscious opponent!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:32 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Yoko Honda!
Yoko Honda retains his heavyweight title!
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Event:
Pulse 22
Date: Apr 30, 2016 |
#R1#
Aoki fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Ishida throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Aoki's waist but Aoki gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Ishida off to one side.
Aoki misses with a low kick. #CL2#
Aoki moves into the clinch.
Ishida is trying to stall.
Ishida doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Aoki looking to throw knees to the head but Ishida is blocking nicely.
Ishida tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
A knee to the head by Aoki.
#CUT2#
It looks like Masaya Ishida has been cut.
With the two fighters working up against the ropes, Ishida just misses with a elbow thrown towards Aoki's brow.
Aoki tries to land a knee to the head but Ishida blocks with his arms.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Aoki blocks a body shot from Ishida.
Aoki throws a knee to the head but misses.
Aoki with a knee to the head.
Ishida tries to pull guard but Aoki holds him up against the ropes and eventually Ishida drops back down to his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Masaya Ishida. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Ishida tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Aoki's elbow. #T1#
Ishida tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Aoki throws a head punch that misses.
Aoki connects with a nasty looking knee right to Ishida's face.
Ishida can't find room to land a body shot as Aoki controls the action.
Aoki blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Aoki has the Thai clinch. He lands a big knee to the head that stumbles Ishida - he's in trouble! Another big knee to the head from Aoki, and another! Ishida is out on his feet - the ref jumps in to save him and ends the fight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:24 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Knees). Michinori Aoki!
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Event:
Pulse 18: Elite
Date: Apr 02, 2016 |
#R1#
Both fighters circling slowly here as the pace drops. Hopefully one of them does someth.. OOOHHHH!!!! Aoki throws an absolute beast of a head kick! Hotline is done! He's out cold, twisted and contorted up against the ropes! Wow!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:05 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Michinori Aoki!
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