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TCC 7: Saito/Chang II PBP Commentary |
Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Harry HooHar (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Canadian Assassin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?
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175 lbs
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170 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Good chin |
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Counter striker
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Harry HooHar!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Canadian Assassin!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Sano, Yuuki Gou and Yasuomi Hirokawa.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
HooHar doesn't manage to clinch there - Assassin circles away.
HooHar jabbing away but nothing is landing.
HooHar moves in looking to clinch but Assassin pushes him off.
HooHar fails in his attempt to clinch.
Assassin slaps away a takedown attempt from HooHar, before circling back to the center of the mat.
HooHar tries to clinch up but Assassin circles away and keeps his distance.
HooHar fails to land with a series of punches.
Assassin fails with a takedown attempt.
HooHar fails with the takedown
and Assassin counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Assassin lands with a punch from half guard.
HooHar is looking to control Assassin's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can HooHar avoid being mounted?
Assassin seems to be working for a kimura but HooHar defends the submission attempt.
Assassin misses with a head shot. HooHar uses the momentum to regain guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Assassin throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as HooHar works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Assassinis looking to pass into half guard but HooHar pushes him away with his feet and jumps on top - now HooHar is in guard.
HooHar is trying to tuck his arms in to keep them safe but Assassin has managed to isolate one of them and has got a loose triangle. HooHar is looking to defend but Assassin has done well to lock his legs together - this could be big trouble for HooHar! Assassin pulls down on the head and a little smile comes across his face - he knows he's got it. Yep, HooHar taps out and this one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:45 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle). Canadian Assassin!
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Hokkaido Honsu (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sun Wukong (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters really staring eachother down here, as Sun Wukong enters the cage!
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265 lbs
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220 lbs
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Good takedowns
Brawler
Good chin |
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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
5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Hokkaido Honsu!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Sun Wukong!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Shimada, Kenichi Hosakawa and Shirou Masuda.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Honsu avoids the head kick by Wukong.
Honsu stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Wukong.
Wukong throws a quick inside leg kick.
Honsu has Wukong up against the cage in a clinch.
Honsu has had enough of the clinch but Wukong keeps him there for the moment.
Wukong escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Honsu doesn't manage to clinch there - Wukong circles away.
A chopping leg kick lands by Wukong.
Wukong throws a nice inside leg kick.
Wukong misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
A cross from Wukong lands.
Wukong throws a nice inside leg kick.
A slapping leg kick lands for Wukong.
Wukong throws a sloppy head kick and Honsu moves out of range easily.
Honsu throws a series of punches but Wukong moves out of range.
Wukong looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Wukong feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Honsu's calf.
A slapping leg kick lands for Wukong.
Wukong lands a head kick. Honsu smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Wukong throws a nice head kick!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Wukong looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Honsu takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Sun Wukong is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
A nice inside leg kick there by Wukong. That's going to slow Honsu down.
Honsu avoids the head kick by Wukong.
Wukong fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Honsu.
Wukong fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Honsu.
Honsu on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Wukong. Wukong obviously looking to wear him down.
Wukong lands with a kick to the temple. Honsu shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Wukong fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Honsu.
Wukong looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Wukong thumps Honsu with a low kick.
Honsu is breathing heavily.
Wukong lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Wukong throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Honsu's head.
Wukong throws a sloppy head kick and Honsu moves out of range easily.
Wukong turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice 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!
Honsu tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Wukong scores with a leg kick.
A nice inside leg kick there by Wukong. That's going to slow Honsu down.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Wukong. Honsu shrugs it off though.
A nice inside leg kick there by Wukong. That's going to slow Honsu down.
Wukong dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Honsu. That did some damage!
Wukong lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wukong lands with a slapping head kick.
Honsu steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Wukong. That one must have hurt.
Honsu is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Wukong feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Honsu's calf.
Honsu walks forward, straight into a front kick from Wukong.
Wukong buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Wukong moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Wukong tests Honsu's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Honsu takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Wukong fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Honsu.
A nice leg kick lands there from Wukong.
Wukong connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Wukong lands with a kick to the temple. Honsu shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Good leg kick by Wukong there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Wukong connects with a solid leg kick.
Wukong throws a nice head kick!
Honsu chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Wukong can pounce on him.
Honsu on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Wukong. Wukong obviously looking to wear him down.
Honsu takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Honsu on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Wukong. Wukong obviously looking to wear him down.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Honsu chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Wukong can pounce on him.
Wukong lands with a slapping head kick.
Wukong connects with a high kick.
Honsu walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Wukong throws a nice head kick!
A solid leg kick lands there for Wukong.
Sun Wukong seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Wukong lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
A solid leg kick lands there for Wukong.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Honsu moves in looking to clinch but Wukong pushes him off.
A nice leg kick lands there from Wukong.
Wukong smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Wukong connects with a high kick.
Wukong buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Honsu takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Wukong lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Wukong is looking to slow Honsu down with leg kicks.
Wukong dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Honsu. That did some damage!
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Wukong.
A nice inside leg kick there by Wukong. That's going to slow Honsu down.
Honsu chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Wukong can pounce on him.
Wukong scoring well with a low kick there.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wukong uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Wukong throws a front kick that sends Honsu stumbling back into the cage.
Wukong plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
A head kick misses from Wukong.
Honsu stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Wukong.
Wukong thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Honsu if he has to take too many more of those.
Wukong chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Wukong goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Honsu is rocked!
Wukong thows a body kick. Honsu tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Honsu takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Oh Honsu is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Wukong throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Honsu seems to have got his legs back now.
Wukong keeps Honsu at a distance using the push kick.
Wukong cracks the inside of Honsu's front leg.
Wukong scoring well with a low kick there.
Wukong buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Honsu blocks a head kick by Wukong.
Wukong connects with a solid leg kick.
Honsu will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Wukong throws a nice head kick!
Wukong darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Wukong throws a nice inside leg kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Sun Wukong dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Wukong throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Wukong lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Honsu takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Wukong lands a head kick. Honsu smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Wukong tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Wukong circles to his right before unloading a perfect head kick! Honsu drops to the canvas, hurt badly! Wukong follows Honsu to the ground and unloads with a series of strikes that force the referee to step in and end the fight! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:20 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Sun Wukong!
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Marco Pepinhos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Hahn Bunh Tang (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Pepinhos comes into the arena with Macaco - Hacen Falta Dos blaring out of the sound system. Hahn Bunh Tang has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Marco Pepinhos's chin.
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199 lbs
5 - 3 - 0 |
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185 lbs
1 - 0 - 0 |
BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Experienced |
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Brawler
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Marco Pepinhos!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Hahn Bunh Tang!
The judges for this bout are Taro Takaoka, Ren Mimura and Yasuomi Hirokawa.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tang tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Tang looks really tired already! That doesn't bode well for a good, competitive fight!
Tang looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Pepinhos is fending him off so far but Tang persists. Nope, Pepinhos circles away and we're back to standing.
Pepinhos shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Pepinhos looking to control and managing it successfully.
Pepinhos is working for a guillotine from mount but Tang frees his head quite easily.
Pepinhos jumps to side control looking for an arm triangle but Tang manages to avoid the submission attempt.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Pepinhos thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Pepinhos has worked his way into a potential kimura here. Tang is trying to get out of the position but his squirming has just got him deeper into trouble. Pepinhos yanks on the arm and Tang is forced to tap due to a very painful looking submission! Nice work by Pepinhos.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:38 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Marco Pepinhos!
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between joe hoe (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Gattsu Emelianenko (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). joe hoe has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.
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205 lbs
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219 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
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Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, joe hoe!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Gattsu Emelianenko!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Shimada, Yuuki Gou and Yasuomi Hirokawa.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Emelianenko stuffs the takedown attempt from hoe. hoe gets slowly back to his feet.
hoe shoots in for a double leg but Emelianenko sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
hoe drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
hoe seems to be squinting his left eye. Perhaps he got a poke in that previous exchange. Emelianenko shows no mercy and swarms him with a barage of strikes! hoe is backing up but Emelianenko catches him with a final right hook that drops him! hoe covers up and the referee steps in to end the fight! Emelianenko Jumps to his feet and flashes his guns to the crowd. Oh yeah, baby! How'd you like them apples?!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:13 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Gattsu Emelianenko!
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Anthor Basilicus (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ryuu Matsumoto (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?
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165 lbs
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155 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the lightweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Anthor Basilicus!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Ryuu Matsumoto!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Shimada, Yasuomi Hirokawa and Yukihiro Yamamoto.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Basilicus is looking to chop away at Matsumoto's legs.
Matsumoto shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Basilicus but Basilicus pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Matsumoto shoots in for a double leg but Basilicus sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Basilicus just misses with a punch to the body.
Matsumoto throws a jab but it's blocked by Basilicus.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Matsumoto.
Anthor Basilicus has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ryuu Matsumoto.
Basilicus slaps away a takedown attempt from Matsumoto, before circling back to the center of the mat.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Basilicus slips a jab and a cross from Matsumoto.
Some bone on bone action there as Matsumoto checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Basilicus takes a swing at Matsumoto's ribcage but misses.
Basilicus turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Basilicus fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Matsumoto manages to avoid it.
Basilicus keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Matsumoto shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Nice takedown defense from Basilicus. No joy for Matsumoto on that attempt.
Matsumoto scores a takedown into full mount!
Matsumoto wants to control the pace but Basilicus is squirming around nicely.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Matsumoto controlling from mount.
Basilicus is looking to improve his position but Matsumoto isn't that keen on the idea.
Basilicus prevents Matsumoto from taking his back.
Basilicus has left one of his arms exposed and Matsumoto doesn't need a second invitation. He's isolated it and locked on a tight armbar. Basilicus screams and taps out, obviously in a lot of pain. Hopefully there isn't permanent damage to that arm.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Ryuu Matsumoto!
Ryuu Matsumoto is the new lightweight champion!
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Hajime Saito (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bruce Chang (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Bruce Chang will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.
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185 lbs
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Counter striker
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
5 - 1 - 1, fighting out of Tokyo, Hajime Saito!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 1 - 1, fighting out of Tokyo, Bruce Chang!
The judges for this bout are Shirou Masuda, Kenichi Hosakawa and Ren Mimura.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
An inside leg kick lands from Chang.
Chang pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Chang looks to land a body kick but Saito moved away.
Saito tries to clinch up.
Chang throws a low kick but it's checked well by Saito.
Saito shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Chang slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Saito stands and throws Chang's legs to the side, diving into side control.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Saito passes to full mount! That's big trouble for Chang!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Chang tries to lock up and control but Saito gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Saito is trying to take his opponent's back.
Chang tries to improve his position but Saito has taken his back! Saito has a choke - it's sunk in pretty tight... Will Chang tap? No... maybe... yes! He's tapped! Saito pushes Chang away and gets up to celebrate with his corner!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:45 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Hajime Saito!
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