IPPON 11 PBP Commentary

Undercard bout

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Ron Paul (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ryu Mishima (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Mishima has chosen Tokyo Drift by Teriyaki Boyz as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the ring.

Paul
vs
Mishima

180 cm
22
165 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

169 cm
21
165 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Cuts easily

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Determined

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 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Ron Paul!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Ryu Mishima!
The judges for this bout are Sosuke Kotani, Yasuomi Hirokawa and Shirou Masuda.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Paul pushes Mishima up against the ropes in a clinch.
Mishima has Paul pressed against the ropes, preventing Paul from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Paul can't break the clinch.

Mishima jumps into guard, dragging Paul to the mat.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Paul throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Mishima works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Mishima not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.

Mishima throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Paul looking to pass the guard.
Mishima is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Mishima working a defensive guard but Paul manages to pass into side control anyway.
Paul tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Paul trying to control the action but Mishima is working from the bottom.

Paul tries for a kimura but Mishima is defending well.
You can see the frustration on Mishima's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Paul knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Mishima on the ground.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Paul fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Mishima manages to avoid it.
Paul misses with a head kick.
Paul is looking to land body kicks.
Paul tries to clinch there but Mishima circles away.
Paul fails in his attempt to clinch.
Ron Paul seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Paul throws a right hand that Mishima ducks under and follows up with a left that Mishima also avoids with ease.
Nice straight punches there by Paul. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Paul.
Paul tries to clinch up but Mishima circles away and keeps his distance.
Paul tries to clinch but Mishima is having none of it.
Paul misses with the combination.
Paul is breathing heavily.
Paul throws out a loose jab but Mishima uses good head movement to avoid it.
Mishima uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Paul.
Paul tries to close the distance and clinch but Mishima swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Paul stuffs the takedown.
Mishima is looking to clinch but Paul is avoiding it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mishima dodges the punch combination from Paul.
Paul looks to clinch

and Mishima counters with a nice double leg into half guard.

Mishima seems to be looking for submissions.
Paul is looking for a sweep. Mishima is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.

Mishima maintaining the dominant position here and is working for a kimura. He's locked it up! Paul could be in real trouble here! He's trying to wriggle out but Mishima has cracked it and Paul is screaming in pain - he's tapped out! Great finish by Mishima!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:40 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Ryu Mishima!

C
A

C
B

energy
A | B

hype
A | B

pop
A | B

mgr
A | B

FIGHT
RATING
43%

Undercard bout

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Entista vitamiinia (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sun Tzu (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

vitamiinia
vs
Tzu

195 cm
18
180 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

178 cm
18
180 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
KO power

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Entista vitamiinia!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Sun Tzu!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Shimada, Ren Mimura and Shigeki Fujiwara.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tzu fakes high and swings low for a body shot but vitamiinia manages to avoid it.
Tzu throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Tzu ducks down and throws a hook to the body but vitamiinia moves away.
Tzu ducks down and throws a hook to the body but vitamiinia moves away.
Sun Tzu seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Tzu misses with a straight right.
vitamiinia ducks under a wild hook from Tzu.
Tzu swings for the body but vitamiinia moves out of range.
vitamiinia tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Tzu paws at him with a jab and circles away.
vitamiinia takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Tzu throws a big shot that misses.
Nice uppercut there from Tzu.

It looks like Entista vitamiinia has been cut.

vitamiinia rushes Tzu and presses him up against the ropes.
vitamiinia pushes off an throws an elbow but Tzu leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the ropes.
Tzu prevents a takedown attempt there.
vitamiinia keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Tzu's efforts to push away.
Tzu is trying to break the clinch but vitamiinia has him pressed against the ropes.
vitamiinia wants a takedown.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A frustrated look appears on Tzu's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Tzu keeps control of vitamiinia as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
vitamiinia lands a knee to the head.
vitamiinia tries to pull guard but Tzu won't allow it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Entista vitamiinia. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Tzu breaks from the clinch.
Tzu jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Tzu misses with a looping left.
Tzu swings and misses with a hook to the body.

Tzu lands a left and a right that send vitamiinia crashing to the mat, dazed. Tzu thinks about following him to the mat but decides to wave him back up to his feet!
Tzu misses with a straight left.

Tzu sends vitamiinia crashing to the mat with a devastating uppercut! Tzu is motioning to the referee to let vitamiinia up. He wants to try and finish this one on the feet!

vitamiinia is rocked!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Tzu lands a with a good body shot.
Oh vitamiinia is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
vitamiinia is breathing heavily.
Tzu looks to throw the jab but vitamiinia is out of range.
Tzu throws a series of punches but vitamiinia avoids them all with ease.
vitamiinia seems to have got his legs back now.
Tzu throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
vitamiinia avoids the body shot from Tzu.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tzu misses the shot to the body.
Tzu swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Tzu connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.

Entista vitamiinia's cut is getting worse.
Tzu scores with a jab to the jaw.
Tzu throws a monster overhand right that drops vitamiinia! Tzu follows up with more strikes from mount and the fight is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:23 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Sun Tzu!

C
A

C
B

energy
A | B

hype
A | B

pop
A | B

mgr
A | B

FIGHT
RATING
89%

Undercard bout

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Geoge ST Pierre (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and El toro Fuorte (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). El toro Fuorte will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.

ST Pierre
vs
toro Fuorte

178 cm
18
165 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

200 cm
22
170 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Granite chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Determined

[JMFC] Slaughterhouse Nutrition

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 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Geoge ST Pierre!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, El toro Fuorte!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Sano, Yukihiro Shimada and Hirohito Nitta.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Fuorte is looking to clinch but ST Pierre is avoiding it.
Fuorte misses with a double jab.

Fuorte gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows ST Pierre to score an easy takedown into full guard.
ST Pierre won't allow Fuorte to get back to his feet.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.

Fuorte has butterfly guard. He's looking to stand up here. He pushes ST Pierre off him and springs to his feet nicely. The crowd applauds.
Fuorte fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Fuorte tries to close the distance and clinch but ST Pierre swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
ST Pierre shoots in for a takedown but Fuorte shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Fuorte misses with a double jab.

ST Pierre scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Fuorte regains half guard there - taking advantage of ST Pierre's attempt to lay and pray for a moment.
ST Pierre trying to mount his opponent but Fuorte defends it.
Fuorte is looking to escape.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Fuorte gets back to full guard.
Fuorte controlling ST Pierre's posture.
Fuorte wants to stand up but ST Pierre is controlling him.
Fuorte is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
ST Pierre controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
ST Pierre missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Fuorte looking to control.
ST Pierre controlling from the top position.
Fuorte keeping moving, preventing ST Pierre from controlling successfully.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Fuorte tests ST Pierre's chin there with a solid looking shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fuorte swinging wilding here.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Fuorte misses with a double jab.
Fuorte works over ST Pierre's head and body with a nice combination.
Some wild striking there from Fuorte.
Fuorte tries to clinch but ST Pierre is having none of it.
A right-left combo lands from Fuorte.
Fuorte tries to close the distance and clinch up but ST Pierre swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Some wild striking there from Fuorte.
Fuorte fails to land with a series of punches.
Fuorte swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
El toro Fuorte seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Fuorte throws a series of punches but ST Pierre avoids them all with ease.

ST Pierre scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
ST Pierre working the ground and pound but Fuorte is defending the strikes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
ST Pierre trying to control the position but Fuorte is working away.
Fuorte tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but ST Pierre wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
ST Pierre in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
ST Pierre working away.
Fuorte pushes ST Pierre away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, ST Pierre gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Fuorte throws a right hand that ST Pierre ducks under and follows up with a left that ST Pierre also avoids with ease.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Geoge ST Pierre will probably get the nod.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Fuorte swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
A punch combination from Fuorte misses.
A punch combination from Fuorte misses.
Geoge ST Pierre is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Fuorte loads up on a big right hand but ST Pierre slips the punch.
ST Pierre avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
ST Pierre dives in and grabs Fuorte's left leg, looking for a takedown. Fuorte pushes down on ST Pierre's head and hops out.
Fuorte misses with the combination.
Fuorte is looking to clinch.

ST Pierre darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
ST Pierre throws a strike but Fuorte avoids it easily and moves to full guard.
Fuorte is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
ST Pierre trying to control but Fuorte is working from the bottom.
ST Pierre has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Fuorte is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
ST Pierre trying to control the position from guard on top but Fuorte is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Fuorte looking to control.
Fuorte has ST Pierre pulled in close to control his posture.
ST Pierre with a flurry of punches that miss.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Fuorte tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Some wild striking there from Fuorte.
Horrible takedown by ST Pierre or perhaps it was just good defense by Fuorte which made him look bad.

That's two 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.
A combination from Fuorte does no damage.
ST Pierre shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Fuorte but Fuorte pushes him off and we're back to square one.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Geoge ST Pierre. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Fuorte throws a series of strikes that have ST Pierre backpedaling.
Fuorte looks to land a combination but ST Pierre avoids it well.
ST Pierre shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Fuorte pinned against the cage. Fuorte gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Fuorte lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
ST Pierre showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Fuorte.
ST Pierre shoots in looking for a takedown. Fuorte tries to sprawl out of it but ST Pierre keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the ropes. Fuorte manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Fuorte misses with a double jab.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
ST Pierre will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.

ST Pierre looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Fuorte!
Fuorte tries to reverse the position but ST Pierre maintains control.
Fuorte really wants to buck ST Pierre off and get back to his feet.
Fuorte wants to control but ST Pierre is having none of it.
ST Pierre throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
ST Pierre punching from mount but Fuorte doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Fuorte wants to control but ST Pierre is having none of it.
Fuorte swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
ST Pierre avoids the attempt from Fuorte to control.
ST Pierre punching from mount but Fuorte doing a good job of avoiding damage.
ST Pierre pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
A nice elbow there by ST Pierre.
ST Pierre avoids the attempt from Fuorte to control.
ST Pierre thowing shots but they're missing.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Fuorte is trying desperately to improve position.
ST Pierre working away from the top, dropping strikes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Geoge ST Pierre will probably get the nod.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Fuorte fails to land with a series of punches.
Fuorte tries to bum rush ST Pierre with a series of wild strikes but ST Pierre uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Fuorte will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Fuorte swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Fuorte misses with a double jab.
Fuorte throws a series of punches but ST Pierre moves out of range.
Fuorte throws a series of punches but ST Pierre avoids them all with ease.
ST Pierre slips a jab and a cross from Fuorte.
Fuorte throws a right and a left that ST Pierre avoids nicely.
Fuorte lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Fuorte takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Fuorte throws a nice looking combination but ST Pierre bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Fuorte throws a right and a left that both miss.
ST Pierre shoots in for a takedown but Fuorte shows good takedown defense.
Fuorte throws a right hand that ST Pierre ducks under and follows up with a left that ST Pierre also avoids with ease.
Fuorte stuffs the takedown attempt from ST Pierre. ST Pierre gets slowly back to his feet.

That's one minute gone in the round.

ST Pierre closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Fuorte tries to get to full guard but ST Pierre has control of the leg.
Fuorte avoiding damage under a succession of punches from ST Pierre.
Fuorte is staying active underneath ST Pierre, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
ST Pierre thows a big elbow that misses, also allowing Fuorte to regain full guard.
ST Pierre postures up.
Fuorte wants to stand up but ST Pierre is controlling him.
ST Pierre throwing strikes but missing.
ST Pierre postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
ST Pierre fails with the takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Geoge ST Pierre. That's going to take a lot out of him.

ST Pierre feints and as Fuorte raises his hands in defense, ST Pierre changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Geoge ST Pierre is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
ST Pierre won't allow Fuorte to sweep him here.
Fuorte is trying to control the position but ST Pierre postures up.
ST Pierre trying to control the position from guard on top but Fuorte is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Fuorte working a defensive guard here.
Fuorte utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
ST Pierre throws a strike but Fuorte rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
ST Pierre looking for a sweep. Not yet ST Pierre, not yet.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!

Fuorte postures up as if he's going to throw some strikes but drops back for an ankle! ST Pierre is in big trouble! He looks ready to tap! But no, he's escaped and dives on top of Fuorte, into his guard.
ST Pierre might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
ST Pierre trying to control the position from guard on top but Fuorte is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
El toro Fuorte has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
ST Pierre preventing the sweep.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.

Fuorte is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
ST Pierre sitting in guard, not really doing much.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
ST Pierre'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.
Fuorte controlling ST Pierre's posture.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
ST Pierre is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.

And that's the end of the fight!
Geoge ST Pierre showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for ST Pierre, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Sano scores the fight 29:28
Judge Yukihiro Shimada scores the fight 29:28
Judge Hirohito Nitta scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Geoge ST Pierre!

C
A

C
B

energy
A | B

hype
A | B

pop
A | B

mgr
A | B

FIGHT
RATING
31%

Undercard bout

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Anderson Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rikki Tavi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Tavi has chosen Stranglehold as his entrance music. The key to victory for Anderson Silva has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.

Silva
vs
Tavi

188 cm
18
205 lbs
2 - 3 - 0

186 cm
18
205 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Experienced

Decent wrestler
Brawler
Tends to cut

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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 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Anderson Silva!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Rikki Tavi!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Shimada, Hirohito Nitta and Shigeki Fujiwara.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Silva wants to clinch up but Tavi keeps it at a distance.
Silva tries to close the distance and clinch but Tavi swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

Tavi moves into the clinch.
Silva throws a knee to the head but misses.
Silva lands a knee to the head.

It looks like Rikki Tavi has been cut.
Silva misses with a knee strike.
Tavi throws a punch but it's blocked by Silva.
Silva lands a knee to the head.
Silva blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Tavi lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Silva unloads a knee to the mid-section. Tavi lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Tavi.
Silva using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Tavi has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Silva with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Silva with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Tavi throws a punch but it's blocked by Silva.
Tavi swings wildly with an uppercut but Silva uses good head movement to avoid it.
Silva tries to land a knee to the head but Tavi blocks with his arms.
Silva with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Silva misses with a knee strike.
Still in the clinch, Tavi scores with a nice short uppercut.
Silva with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Silva is breathing heavily.
Tavi throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Silvas head.
Silva tries to land a knee to the head but Tavi blocks with his arms.
Silva misses with a knee to the head.
Silva tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Silva's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Tavi working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Tavi is working Silva over against the ropes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A short right from Tavi.
Tavi lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Tavi lands a body punch in the clinch.
Tavi scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Good body shot from Tavi.
Silva takes a shot to the head.
A bit of stalling here from Tavi.
With the fighters clinched against the ropes, Tavi creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Tavi scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Tavi lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
A shot in the inside from Tavi.
Tavi lands a hook to the side of the head.
Tavi lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Tavi scores with a nice hook to the head.
Tavi lands a left hand that snaps the head of Silva backwards.
Silva using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Tavi has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
A right handed body shot lands from Tavi.
A body shot lands from Tavi.
Tavi working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Silva tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Tavi displaying some good clinch control by pressing Silva up against the ropes.
A short uppercut from Tavi.
Tavi lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tavi lands a right hand that snaps the head of Silva backwards.
A nice left hand lands by Tavi.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Tavi.
A short right from Tavi on the inside.
Tavi lands with a right to the head.
Silva with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Tavi working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Tavi lands a right hand that snaps the head of Silva backwards.
Tavi lands with a right to the head.
Tavi lands a hook that snaps the head of Silva backwards.
Tavi taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Tavi lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Silva throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Tavi blocks it with crossed arms.
Tavi throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Tavi is leaning against Silva and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Tavi softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.
A right hook to the body lands for Tavi.
Tavi working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Silva throws a knee to the head but misses.
Tavi lands a shoulder strike.
Silva tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Tavi lands a right hand.
Tavi leaning against his opponent.
Tavi lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Silva or not.
Silva with an attempt at a knee that misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tavi lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
A short right from Tavi.
Silva throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Tavi blocks it with crossed arms.
Come on Tavi - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Silva tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
With the fighters clinched against the ropes, Tavi creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Tavi lands with a right to the head.
Silva tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Tavi lands a right hand.
Silva tries to land a knee to the head but Tavi blocks with his arms.
Tavi working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Silva misses with a knee to the head.
A body shot lands from Tavi.
Tavi managing to block the knees to the body from Silva.
Silva tries a knee to the head but Tavi blocks it.
Tavi lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
A body shot lands from Tavi.
Silva looking to throw knees to the head but Tavi is blocking nicely.
Tavi lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Silva backwards.
Silva tries a knee to the head but Tavi blocks it.
With the fighters clinched against the ropes, Tavi creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Tavi lands a left hand.
Tavi leaning his opponent against the ropes.
Tavi presses Silva against the ropes and delivers a mid-strength body shot.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Silva tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
A short left from Tavi.
Tavi is working Silva over against the ropes.
Tavi lands a left hand that snaps the head of Silva backwards.
Tavi lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Tavi lands with a right to the head.
Tavi lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Tavi lands a body shot.
Silva misses with a knee strike.
Good body shot from Tavi.
Tavi lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Silva throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Tavi blocks it with crossed arms.
With the fighters clinched against the ropes, Tavi creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Tavi lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Silva backwards.
Tavi throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Silvas head.
Tavi scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Silva tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Tavi lands a left hand.
Tavi lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Silva with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Tavi lands a body shot in the clinch.
A body shot lands from Tavi.
Tavi trying to stall but Silva improves his position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Rikki Tavi dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Rikki Tavi's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Tavi circles away from the clinch attempt

and Tavi counters by clinching up.
Silva misses with a knee strike.
Silva with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Silva misses with a knee strike.
Silva using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Tavi has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Tavi lands with a left to the head.
Silva misses with a knee to the head.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Tavi.
Tavi throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Silvas head.
Silva's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Tavi lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Tavi lands with a right to the head.
A short left from Tavi.
Tavi lands with a short shot to the head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A short left from Tavi.
Silva misses with a knee to the head.
Tavi lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Tavi lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Silva backwards.
Tavi working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Tavi gets through Silva's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Silva throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Tavi blocks it with crossed arms.
Tavi lands a right hand.
Tavi lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tavi lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Tavi lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Tavi pushes Silva back against the ropes and unloads with a body punch.
Tavi pressing his opponent against the ropes.
Good body shot from Tavi.
Tavi lands a right hand that snaps the head of Silva backwards.
Tavi lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Silva backwards.
Tavi slowing the pace effectively.
Tavi lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Silva blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Silva throws a knee to the head but misses.
The fighters are pressed against the ropes, as the pace of the fight slows.
A short body shot lands from Tavi as the two fighters clinch.
Silva throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Tavi blocks it with crossed arms.
Tavi softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.
Tavi lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Silva backwards.
Silva's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Silva tries to land a knee to the head but Tavi blocks with his arms.
Tavi lands a body shot in the clinch.
A nice left hand lands by Tavi.
Come on Tavi - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Silva misses with a knee strike.
Silva throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Tavi blocks it with crossed arms.
Nice body punch from Tavi - that landed with a thud.
Tavi lands a hook that snaps the head of Silva backwards.
Silva throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Tavi blocks it with crossed arms.
Tavi gets through Silva's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
A nice left hand lands by Tavi.
Silva tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Silva misses with a knee strike.
Tavi softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.
Tavi lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Silva throws a knee to the head but misses.
A short right from Tavi on the inside.
Silva misses with a knee strike.
Tavi lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Silva backwards.
Tavi lands a hook that snaps the head of Silva backwards.
Tavi lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Silva with an attempt at a knee that misses.
A short left from Tavi.
Tavi lands with a left to the head.
Silva tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Tavi lands a shoulder strike.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A short right from Tavi.
Silva tries to land a knee to the head but Tavi blocks with his arms.
Tavi lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Tavi lands with a short shot to the head.
Tavi is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Silva working Tavi over with knees to the body.
Silva throws a knee to the head but misses.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Tavi.
Silva misses with a knee to the head.
A nice left hand lands by Tavi.
Tavi makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Silva misses with a knee to the head.
Tavi is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Silva with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Tavi pushes Silva back against the ropes and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Silva throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Tavi blocks it with crossed arms.
Silva using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Tavi has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Silva looking to throw knees to the head but Tavi is blocking nicely.
Silva tries a knee to the head but Tavi blocks it.
Tavi lands a nice uppercut.
Tavi lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Silva landing knees to the body.
Tavi lands a left hand that snaps the head of Silva backwards.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
A short right from Tavi on the inside.
With the fighters clinched against the ropes, Tavi creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Rikki Tavi seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Tavi lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Silva misses with a knee strike.
Silva connects with a nasty looking knee right to Tavi's face.
Tavi lands with a left to the head.
Tavi working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Tavi pushes Silva back against the ropes and unloads with a body punch.
Silva with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Tavi lands a left hand.
Silva tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Tavi softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.
Still in the clinch, Tavi scores with a nice short uppercut.
Tavi trying to control the position but instead, Silva has worked for underhooks and has pushed Tavi into the ropes.
Tavi struggles to land a body shot inside as Silva controls his hands.
Tavi swings wildly with an uppercut but Silva uses good head movement to avoid it.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Tavi lands with a left to the head.
Silva using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Tavi has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Silva tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Silva misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Tavi.
Tavi wants to stall.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Rikki Tavi showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Rikki Tavi's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

Silva tries to clinch up

and Tavi counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Nice body punch from Tavi.
Tavi has a couple of punches blocked by Silva.
Silva tries a knee to the head but Tavi blocks it.
Silva misses with a knee to the head.
Silva blocking some punches.
Silva takes a shot to the head.
Silva landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Silva misses with a knee strike.
A short right from Tavi on the inside.
Silva tries a knee to the head but Tavi blocks it.
Silva's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Tavi lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Tavi lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Tavi lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Tavi lands a nice uppercut.
Silva misses with a knee strike.
Silva misses with a knee to the head.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Tavi makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Good body shot from Tavi.
Tavi working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Tavi.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tavi makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Silva tries to land a knee to the head but Tavi blocks with his arms.
Tavi works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Tavi lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Tavi lands a body shot in the clinch.
Tavi cracks Silva with a nice body shot.
Silva tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Tavi lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Silva backwards.
Tavi lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Silva misses with a knee to the head.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Tavi.
Silva tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Tavi lands a shot to the body.
Tavi lands with a short shot to the head.
Silva misses with a knee to the head.
Silva is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Tavi is defending well for now.
Tavi working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Silva looking to throw knees to the head but Tavi is blocking nicely.
Tavi lands a right hand.
Tavi leaning against his opponent.
Silva tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Silva throws a knee to the head but misses.
Tavi lands with a short shot to the head.
Tavi misses with some punches.
Silva with a knee to the head.
Anderson Silva has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Silva tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Silva tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Silva lands a knee to the head.
With the fighters clinched against the ropes, Tavi creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Silva throws a knee to the head but misses.
Tavi scores with a shot to the side of Silva's head.
Tavi lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Silva or not.
Tavi makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Silva unloads a knee to the mid-section. Tavi lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Silva throws a knee to the head but misses.
Tavi lands a right hand.
Silva tries a knee to the head but Tavi blocks it.
Tavi swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Silva with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Tavi working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Silva blocking some punches.
Silva with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Silva looking to throw knees to the head but Tavi is blocking nicely.
Silva using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Tavi has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Silva tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Tavi pushes Silva back against the ropes and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Silva trying to land knees to the body.
Tavi is struggling to control the position.
Silva blocks a punch to the side of the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
A body shot lands from Tavi.
A shot in the inside from Tavi.
Silva tries to land a knee to the head but Tavi blocks with his arms.
Silva lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Tavi lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Silva tries a knee to the head but Tavi blocks it.
A short right from Tavi on the inside.
Tavi lands a left hand that snaps the head of Silva backwards.
Silva looking to throw knees to the head but Tavi is blocking nicely.
Silva tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Tavi scores with a shoulder strike.
Tavi swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Tavi lands a shoulder strike.
Silva using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Tavi has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Tavi softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.
Tavi swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Silva tries a knee to the head but Tavi blocks it.
Silva with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Tavi lands a left hand that snaps the head of Silva backwards.
Silva with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Silva using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Tavi has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Silva throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Tavi blocks it with crossed arms.
Tavi lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Silva tries a knee to the head but Tavi blocks it.
Tavi has Silva pressed against the ropes.
Silva tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Tavi lands a nice shot to the body.
Silva misses with a knee to the head.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Tavi.
Tavi lands a body punch in the clinch.
Silva blocks an uppercut.
Silva lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Silva tries to land a knee to the head but Tavi blocks with his arms.
Silva tries a knee to the head but Tavi blocks it.
Silva blocks an uppercut.
Silva misses with a knee to the head.
Silva with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Silva misses with a knee to the head.
Silva looking to throw knees to the head but Tavi is blocking nicely.
Tavi lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
A short right from Tavi.
Tavi lands a body shot in the clinch.
A shot in the inside from Tavi.
Silva with a knee to the head.
Rikki Tavi is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Tavi lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Silva throws a knee to the head but misses.

And that's the end of the fight!
Rikki Tavi comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Tavi has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Yukihiro Shimada scores the fight 27:30
Judge Hirohito Nitta scores the fight 27:30
Judge Shigeki Fujiwara scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Rikki Tavi!

C
A

C
B

energy
A | B

hype
A | B

pop
A | B

mgr
A | B

FIGHT
RATING
31%

Co-main event

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Pete Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Winai Montri (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). This should be a great matchup!

Silva
vs
Montri

191 cm
19
205 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

186 cm
22
200 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Self confident

BJJ Purple Belt
Good kicks
Prefers standup

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 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Pete Silva!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Winai Montri!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Shimada, Shigeki Fujiwara and Sosuke Kotani.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Montri throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Montri tries to clinch but Silva is having none of it.
Montri throws a right hand that Silva ducks under and follows up with a left that Silva also avoids with ease.
Silva throws a nice outside leg kick.
Montri tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Silva paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Some wild striking there from Silva.
Montri tries to clinch up but Silva circles away and keeps his distance.
Montri throws a head kick but Silva moves out of range.
Silva throws an overhand right that has Montri reeling! Silva follows up with more punches and Montri is out cold! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:37 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Pete Silva!

C
A

C
B

energy
A | B

hype
A | B

pop
A | B

mgr
A | B

FIGHT
RATING
53%

Main event

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Constantine Barca (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ricardo Almeida (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). I can't wait for this one - let's get the fighter introductions out of the way and get this one started!

Barca
vs
Almeida

188 cm
18
185 lbs
4 - 0 - 0

182 cm
22
185 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Very strong

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Tends to cut

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Constantine Barca!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Ricardo Almeida!
The judges for this bout are Yuuki Gou, Taro Takaoka and Shigeki Sano.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Almeida looks to throw the jab but Barca is out of range.
Barca keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Barca tries to clinch up.
Barca has a takedown stuffed.

Barca clinches.
Barca tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Almeida's elbow.
Almeida is trying to break the clinch but Barca has him pressed against the ropes.
Barca throws a punch but it's blocked by Almeida.
Almeida wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Barca has him pressed against the ropes.
Almeida is trying to break the clinch but Barca has him pressed against the ropes.
A frustrated look appears on Almeida's face as he tries to break the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Barca doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Barca tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Almeida's elbow.
Barca misses with a hook to the ribs.
Almeida tries to break the clinch but Barca is controlling the position.
A head punch on the inside from Barca fails to land.
Almeida has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Almeida wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Barca throws a head punch that misses.
Almeida takes a knee right on the jaw!

It looks like Ricardo Almeida has been cut.
Barca throws a punch but it's blocked by Almeida.
Almeida prevents a body shot from Barca.
Barca keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Almeida's efforts to push away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Almeida wants to get back to striking at distance but Barca won't allow it.
Almeida is trying to break free.
Barca crunches a lovely knee into Almeida's ribcage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Almeida.
Almeida blocks a body shot from Barca.
Barca misses with a punch to the body.
A frustrated look appears on Almeida's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Almeida wants to break free but Barca has control.
Almeida tries to break free but Barca pushes him back against the ropes.
Almeida wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Barca has him pressed against the ropes.
Almeida is looking to break free of the clinch but Barca has double underhooks.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Barca obliges.
Almeida is looking to break free of the clinch but Barca has double underhooks.
Almeida blocks an uppercut.
Barca tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Almeida wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
A knee to the head by Barca.
Almeida blocks a body shot from Barca.
Almeida prevents a body shot from Barca.
Barca lands a knee to the body.
Barca misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Barca lands a nice knee to the body.
Almeida looks gassed!
A looping hook to the body misses from Barca. Almeida does a little dance to reset his feet.
Barca moves in looking to clinch but Almeida pushes him off.
Barca fails with a takedown attempt.
Barca looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Almeida is fending him off so far but Barca persists. Nope, Almeida circles away and we're back to standing.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Constantine Barca. That's going to take a lot out of him.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Almeida throws a leg kick but Barca checks it.
Barca is looking to clinch but Almeida is avoiding it.
Barca tries to clinch but Almeida is having none of it.
Almeida misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Barca.
Almeida throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Barca sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Almeida catches Barca with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Barca bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Barca keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Barca moves in looking to clinch but Almeida pushes him off.
A jab from Almeida misses.
Barca moves out of range of the strikes.
A nice inside leg kick there by Barca. That's going to slow Almeida down.
Almeida throws a shot from downtown. Barca moves away and avoids it.
Barca tries to close the distance and clinch up but Almeida swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Almeida misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Barca.
Ricardo Almeida is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Barca scoring well with a low kick there.
Barca is looking to clinch.
Barca moves away from the strike by Almeida.
Barca shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Almeida defends it nicely.
Barca looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Almeida throws a body punch but Barca moves out of range.
Almeida keeps the fight on the outside.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Constantine Barca dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Ricardo Almeida's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the ring so we can get back down to business.

Barca shoots in for a double leg but Almeida sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Constantine Barca is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Barca slips under a jab.
Almeida throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Barca sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Barca fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Almeida avoids it really well and circles away.
Barca will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Constantine Barca. That's going to take a lot out of him.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Barca avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Barca tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Barca chopping away at his opponent's legs.

Barca gets the takedown into side control.
Barca tries to move to mount but Almeida blocks the move with his legs.
Almeida is working hard to escape and get back to his feet. After a battle for position, Barca asserts his dominance and retains side control.
Almeida is not content to let Barca control the position.
Almeida is looking to work his way out of this bad position but Barca is controlling him well.
Almeida prevents Barca from moving into mount.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Almeida is trying to stand back up. He's worked his way up against the ropes but Barca has just dragged him back down to the mat.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Barca shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Almeida sprawls well. Almeida wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Barca gets slowly back to his feet.
Almeida misses with a hook. Barca ducked under it nicely.
Almeida thows a leg kick but Barca checks it
and Barca counters with a low kick, right behind Almeida 's knee.
Almeida throws the left hand but Barca avoids the punch easily.
Almeida throws a big shot that misses.
A slow jab from Almeida misses its intended target.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Almeida keeps the fight on the outside.
Almeida chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Barca can pounce on him.
Barca misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Barca fails with an attempt to clinch.
Barca throws a push kick but Almeida slaps the foot to one side.
Barca misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Barca throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Barca tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Almeida paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Barca throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Almeida's waist but Almeida gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Barca off to one side.
Barca uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Almeida.
Barca tries to clinch but Almeida moves out of range.
A slow jab from Almeida misses its intended target.
Barca uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Almeida.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Barca throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Almeida's waist but Almeida gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Barca off to one side.
Almeida throws a looping overhand right but Barca ducks down to avoid it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Constantine Barca dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Ricardo Almeida's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Barca shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Barca tries to close the distance and clinch but Almeida swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Barca tries to clinch up.
Almeida throws a good cross that connects.
Barca moves out of range of the strikes.
Almeida throws a looping overhand right but Barca ducks down to avoid it.
Almeida throws the left hand but Barca avoids the punch easily.
Constantine Barca seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Barca throws a head kick that misses.
Almeida throws a lazy body kick
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Barca shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Barca showed some decent athleticism there.
Almeida is refusing to be controlled, as Barca sits in half guard.
Barca looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Barca wants to take a breather but Almeida is having none of it.

Almeida kicks Barca off and gets back to his feet.
Almeida gets off balance looking for a body kick
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
and Barca counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Almeida is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Jab, jab by Almeida - just one landing.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Barca scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Almeida is working hard to escape and get back to his feet. After a battle for position, Barca asserts his dominance and retains side control.
Almeida is not content to let Barca control the position.
Barca throwing shots but missing, from side control.
Barca trying to control the action but Almeida is working from the bottom.
Almeida wants to escape from the position here - easier said than done!
Barca is looking to take a break and control but Almeida is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Barca tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Almeida avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Barca misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Barca tries to clinch there but Almeida circles away.
Almeida throws a jab when Barca was well out of range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Barca displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Almeida throws out the jab.
Barca shoots in looking for a takedown. Almeida tries to sprawl out of it but Barca keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the ropes. Almeida manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Almeida throws the left hand but Barca avoids the punch easily.
Almeida leaves Barca with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Constantine Barca. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Barca tries to clinch but Almeida is having none of it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ricardo Almeida really dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Ricardo Almeida's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Almeida misses with a leg kick
and Barca finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
Almeida takes a swing at Barca's ribcage but misses.

Barca shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
You get the feeling that Almeida really doesn't like being in this position too much.

Barca looking for an armbar but decides to keep the dominant position instead.
Barca can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Almeida is looking to escape.
Almeida is trying to stand.
Barca misses with a head shot.
Barca fails to advance to Almeida's back.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Almeida's corner are shouting for him to stand up but that's bad cornering - how is he meant to stand up when he's mounted? He should be looking to improve his position on the ground before trying to stand back up.
Barca trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Almeida is not a happy chappy… he wants out of there.
Almeida is absolutely dripping with sweat - he looks exhausted.
Barca looking to control but Almeida is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Almeida is trying to get back to his feet but can't.
Barca tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Almeida trying desperately to get to his feet.
Barca can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Almeida is looking to escape.
Almeida really wants to buck Barca off and get back to his feet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.

Barca has hold of Almeida's left arm, perhaps looking for a submission. The two fighters tussle over control of the isolated limb and Almeida manages to get his arm back to his side and away from danger.
Almeida wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Barca.
Almeida is squirming around, avoiding Barca's attempts to control the action.
You get the feeling that Almeida really doesn't like being in this position too much.
Barca looking to finish with strikes here!

Almeida somehow manages to escape the mount and get back to his feet!
Barca closes this distance looking for a takedown but Almeida circles away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Barca.
No luck for Barca with that takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Constantine Barca. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Almeida throws a big shot that misses.
Almeida misses with a straight left.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Barca staying out of range there.
Barca moves in looking to clinch but Almeida pushes him off.
Barca tries to clinch up but Almeida circles away and keeps his distance.
Almeida throws out a loose jab but Barca uses good head movement to avoid it.
An inside leg kick from Almeida misses.
Barca tries to clinch up.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Barca fails with a takedown attempt.
Barca fails in his attempt to clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Constantine Barca had his way with Ricardo Almeida in that round.
The cut man is working on Ricardo Almeida's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

Barca fails with an attempt to clinch.
Almeida throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Barca fails with an attempt to clinch.
Barca shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Almeida pinned against the cage. Almeida gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Barca is looking to clinch but Almeida is avoiding it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A low kick from Almeida misses
and Barca makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Almeida on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Almeida misses with a low kick.
Barca uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Almeida.
Barca tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Barca throws a sloppy head kick and Almeida moves out of range easily.
Barca lands a high kick!
Barca closes this distance looking for a takedown but Almeida circles away.

Barca gets in close and instigates a clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Almeida wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Barca keeps control of Almeida as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Almeida tries to circle away but Barca has him pinned against the ropes.
Almeida tries to circle away but Barca has him pinned against the ropes.
Barca has a couple of punches blocked by Almeida.
Barca tries a body shot but Almeida blocks it.
Barca tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Almeida takes a knee to the side of the body.
A knee to the head by Barca.
Both of our modern day gladiators look out of it here - an gruelling 5 rounds of action taking it's toll on them, no doubt.
Almeida takes a knee to the side of the body.
Almeida blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Barca misses with a hook to the ribs.
Barca fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Almeida wants to break free but Barca has control.
Almeida wants to break the clinch but can't.
Barca unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Almeida tries to circle away but Barca has him pinned against the ropes.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Barca obliges.
Barca throws a punch but it's blocked by Almeida.
Almeida is looking to break free of the clinch but Barca has double underhooks.
A frustrated look appears on Almeida's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Barca scores with a knee to the head.
Barca has Almeida pressed against the ropes, preventing Almeida from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Barca misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Barca prevents Almeida from breaking the clinch.
Almeida tries to break the clinch but Barca is controlling the position.
Barca can't find room to land a body shot as Almeida controls the action.
Almeida tries to break free but Barca pushes him back against the ropes.
Almeida is trying to break the clinch but Barca is controlling him.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Almeida blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Barca landing knees to the head.
A frustrated look appears on Almeida's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Almeida blocks a body shot from Barca.
Barca misses with some punches.
Barca keeps control of Almeida as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Barca utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Barca utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Barca tries to work over Almeida's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Almeida can't break the clinch.
Almeida wants to break the clinch but can't.
Barca struggles to land a body shot inside as Almeida controls his hands.
Barca utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Barca tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Almeida's elbow.
Almeida blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Barca tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Barca tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Almeida's elbow.
Almeida has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Almeida is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Barca lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Almeida blocks a body shot from Barca.
Barca tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Barca tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Almeida's elbow.
Almeida tries to break free but Barca pushes him back against the ropes.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Barca.
Barca misses with a short punch on the inside.
Constantine Barca is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Almeida tries to break free but Barca pushes him back against the ropes.
Barca has Almeida pressed against the ropes, preventing Almeida from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Almeida wants to break the clinch but can't.
Ricardo Almeida has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Almeida has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Almeida is trying to force a seperation but Barca has the dominant position.
Barca tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Almeida is trying to break the clinch but Barca is controlling him.
Barca misses with a body punch.
Almeida tries to break free but Barca pushes him back against the ropes.
Almeida wants to get back to striking at distance but Barca won't allow it.
Almeida blocks an uppercut.
Almeida wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Almeida wants to break free but Barca has control.
Almeida is trying to force a seperation but Barca has the dominant position.
Barca misses with a body punch.
Almeida blocks a body shot from Barca.
Almeida working aggressively here.

And that's the end of the fight!
Constantine Barca showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Barca has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Yuuki Gou scores the fight 49:46
Judge Taro Takaoka scores the fight 49:46
Judge Shigeki Sano scores the fight 49:46

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Constantine Barca!
Constantine Barca is the new middleweight champion!