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GFL 44 - Gambacorto vs Salabim PBP Commentary |
Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Takuma Uchida (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Scott Smith (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Uchida might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Pride. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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144 lbs
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135 lbs
5 - 3 - 0 |
Good takedowns
Basic striking
Granite chin |
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BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Takuma Uchida!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Scott Smith!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Sano, Taro Takaoka and Shirou Masuda.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Uchida tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Smith counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
Uchida is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Smith must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Uchida is working actively from the bottom, looking for submissions. He's escaped his hips to the side and he's going for an armbar! Smith has his hands clasped together but Uchida extends an breaks Smith's desperate grasp, forcing a tap out due to armbar! Nice BJJ displayed there by Uchida.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:28 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Takuma Uchida!
A relieved looking Takuma Uchida thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Ross Ridpath (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Chika Haruka (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). I don't know about you partner, but I'm pumped for this one!
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190 lbs
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198 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
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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
0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Ross Ridpath!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
7 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Chika Haruka!
The judges for this bout are Kenichi Hosakawa, Yasuomi Hirokawa and Shirou Masuda.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Haruka misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Haruka lands a body shot.
Haruka drops Ridpath with a right and a left! Haruka comes rushing in but Ridpath regains his composure and manages to keep Haruka in guard.
Ridpath is rocked!
It looks like Ross Ridpath has been cut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
Haruka lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Haruka working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Haruka is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Haruka has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Ridpath wants to sweep but no luck.
Ridpath is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Ridpath being controlled here, momentarily.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Haruka connects with the punch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Haruka throws a hook but Ridpath avoids it easily.
Haruka throws a right and a left that Ridpath avoids nicely.
Haruka avoids a punch combination nicely.
Haruka misses with a series of wild punches.
Haruka tries to bum rush Ridpath with a series of wild strikes but Ridpath uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Ridpath throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Haruka's waist but Haruka gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Ridpath off to one side.
Haruka throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Ridpath on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Ridpath takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Ridpath shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Haruka counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Ross Ridpath's cut is getting worse.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ridpath throws a series of punches but Haruka moves out of range.
Haruka looks to throw the jab but Ridpath is out of range.
Ridpath falls off balance throwing a combination
enabling Haruka to counter with a crisp jab.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Ridpath gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Oh Ridpath is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Ridpath decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Ridpath seems to have got his legs back now.
Ridpath is working for a submission of some sort.
Ridpath looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Ridpath throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Haruka is concentrating on defense, preventing Ridpath from advancing position.
Ridpath thows a huge punch but Haruka dodges it nicely.
Ridpath thows a huge punch but Haruka dodges it nicely.
Ridpath is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Haruka sees it coming and defends easily.
Ridpath wants to take a breather but Haruka is having none of it.
Haruka is looking to improve his position.
Ridpath is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Haruka has managed to free his arm - good work.
Haruka slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Haruka keeping full guard, as Ridpath tries to pass.
Haruka looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Ridpath wants to stand but Haruka has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
Haruka looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.
Ridpath wants to control from the top but Haruka keeps moving.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Haruka misses with the combination.
Haruka lands a jab followed by a vicious hook that sends Ridpath sprawling to the canvas. Haruka follows him down, looking for the kill. Can Ridpath hang on?
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Chika Haruka dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Ross Ridpath'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.
Horrible takedown by Ridpath or perhaps it was just good defense by Haruka which made him look bad.
Ridpath fails with the takedown
and Haruka counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Haruka moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Ross Ridpath's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Haruka swinging wildly here.
Haruka throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Ridpath throws a head kick that misses.
Haruka throws a series of punches but Ridpath moves out of range.
Haruka misses with a two punch combination.
Haruka scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Ross Ridpath is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Haruka throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ridpath shoots in but no luck this time.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Ross Ridpath. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Ridpath throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Haruka lands with an uppercut that bounces Ridpath off the cage and back into range.
Jeez, Ross Ridpath's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.
Haruka swings for the body but Ridpath moves out of range.
Haruka misses with the combination.
Jab from Haruka.
Ridpath throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Haruka scores with a hook to the body. Ridpath takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Ridpath moves out of range as Haruka strikes.
Haruka misses with a series of wild punches.
Ridpath with a poor takedown
and Haruka counters with a series of strikes. Ridpath will be more careful next time no doubt.
The referee calls the doctor in to look at Ross Ridpath's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:06 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Chika Haruka!
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Ringo Dingo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Phil Mcracken (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The fight MMA fans around the world have waited their entire lives for!
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186 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
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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
3 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Ringo Dingo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Phil Mcracken!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Shimada, Kenichi Hosakawa and Yasuomi Hirokawa.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mcracken drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Mcracken trying to control the position from guard on top but Dingo is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Mcracken won't allow Dingo to get back to his feet.
Mcracken postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Mcracken working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Dingo's head.
Mcracken with a nice head shot there.
Mcracken scoring with punches to the head and body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Mcracken seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
Mcracken connects with a couple of short punches.
Mcracken postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dingo looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Dingo is trying to control the position but Mcracken postures up.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Dingo wants to stand but Mcracken is controlling the position.
Dingo is breathing heavily.
Mcracken stands up over Dingo, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Dingo is looking to stand up but Mcracken isn't so interested in that idea.
Mcracken distracts Dingo with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Dingo is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Mcracken scoring with punches to the head and body.
Mcracken landing some decent shots from guard.
Dingo can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Mcracken controls the pace.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mcracken lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Mcracken stands and throws Dingo's legs to the side, diving into side control.
The referee tells the fighters to keep busy.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Mcracken scoring with punches and elbows.
Dingo is rocked!
Mcracken lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Dingo down.
Oh Dingo is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Mcracken lands a nice forearm strike.
Mcracken tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Dingo trying to remain calm as Mcracken controls from the top position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mcracken lands a strong strike to the head of Dingo. That's dazed him! Mcracken looking to finish here. Dingo is waving his arms around trying to block but he's hurt badly - Mcracken lands more strikes and the referee steps in to end the fight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:29 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Phil Mcracken!
An out of breath and clearly excited Phil Mcracken thanked Hellraiser Fightgear (10$ clothing SALE) for their help and support (and free stuff they sent him).
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Tomura Krakakos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bruno Terumo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Krakakos's entrance music is Cannabis. A fine choice. On his way into the cage it seems that Tomura Krakakos has been attacked by a crazed fan! It looks like it might have been the just bleed guy! Luckily Tomura Krakakos seems to be OK! I thought that lunatic was in prison!?
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220 lbs
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200 lbs
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BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
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World class MT
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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
13 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Tomura Krakakos!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Bruno Terumo!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Sano, Ren Mimura and Yuuki Gou.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Terumo attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Krakakos throws a body punch but Terumo moves out of range.
Terumo bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Terumo tries to clinch up but Krakakos circles away and keeps his distance.
Terumo tries to clinch up but Krakakos circles away and keeps his distance.
Krakakos throws a leg kick but Terumo moved away.
Terumo lands a head kick. Krakakos smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Krakakos staying out of range there.
Terumo throws a leg kick but Krakakos sees it coming and moves out of range.
Krakakos throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Krakakos looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Krakakos lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
It looks like Bruno Terumo has been cut.
Krakakos lands with an overhand left.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Krakakos lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Terumo at a distance.
Krakakos looks to land a right hand but Terumo moved out of range.
Krakakos throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Krakakos throws a right and a left that Terumo avoids nicely.
Terumo avoids a punch combination nicely.
Terumo lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Krakakos misses the shot to the body.
Terumo fails with an attempt to clinch.
Terumo takes a swing at Krakakos's ribcage but misses.
Terumo misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Krakakos.
Terumo scores with a jab to the jaw.
Terumo changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Terumo takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Krakakos misses with a looping right.
Bruno Terumo seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Terumo moves into range and connects with a jab.
Terumo lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Krakakos throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Terumo counters with a stiff right hand.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Krakakos scores with a body shot.
Terumo takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Krakakos swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Krakakos fails to land with a series of punches.
Nice shot lands for Terumo.
Terumo misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Krakakos is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Krakakos connects with the punch.
Terumo misses with a shot to the body
and Krakakos counters with a lovely shot to the body.
A big left from Terumo misses.
Krakakos on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Krakakos scores with a decent looking hook.
Krakakos blocks a head kick by Terumo.
Krakakos takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Krakakos jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Krakakos waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Terumo.
Terumo lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Terumo forces Krakakos back against the cage and clinches.
Terumo misses with a punch to the body.
Terumo tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Terumo tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Terumo tries to work over Krakakos's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Terumo tries a body shot but Krakakos blocks it.
Terumo working hard to break the clinch.
Terumo misses with a short punch on the inside.
Krakakos lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Krakakos misses with the head strike.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Krakakos lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Krakakos throws a punch but it's blocked by Terumo.
Good body shot from Terumo.
Terumo tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Krakakos's elbow.
Terumo wants to break the clinch but can't.
A short uppercut from Krakakos.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Krakakos.
Terumo struggles to land a body shot inside as Krakakos controls his hands.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Krakakos keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Terumo's efforts to push away.
Krakakos blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Terumo blocks a body shot from Krakakos.
Terumo lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Krakakos or not.
Terumo taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Krakakos works on Terumo's body with a couple of short punches.
Terumo misses with a punch to the body.
Terumo breaks from the clinch.
No joy there for Krakakos, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Terumo misses with a looping left.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Krakakos throws a series of punches but Terumo avoids them all with ease.
Krakakos throws a looping overhand right but Terumo ducks down to avoid it.
Krakakos avoids the body shot from Terumo.
Krakakos takes a head kick and keeps coming.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Bruno Terumo dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Bruno Terumo's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Krakakos lands a leg kick that knocks Terumo off balance momentarily.
Krakakos looks to land a right hand but Terumo moved out of range.
Terumo lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Terumo is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Krakakos wants to clinch.
Krakakos swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Nice jab there from Terumo.
Terumo steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Krakakos.
Terumo lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Krakakos throws an overhand right that lands on Terumo's shoulder, as Terumo tries to avoid the shot.
Krakakos swats away the attempt to clinch by Terumo.
Terumo misses with a body shot.
Terumo tries to clinch but Krakakos is having none of it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Terumo throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Krakakos takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Krakakos feints and then cracks Terumo's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Terumo down.
Krakakos misses with a hook. Terumo ducked under it nicely.
Donk. Terumo catches Krakakos right on the button with a cross.
Krakakos blocks a jab.
Krakakos looks to throw the jab but Terumo is out of range.
Terumo doesn't manage to clinch there - Krakakos circles away.
Krakakos throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Krakakos misses the shot to the body.
A punch lands to the side of Krakakos 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Nice defenses there by Terumo.
A jab lands there for Terumo.
A leg kick checked by Krakakos.
Terumo throws a head kick that misses.
The fighters circling - Krakakos throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Terumo tries to clinch up but Krakakos circles away and keeps his distance.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Terumo punishes Krakakos's body with a nice straight punch.
Krakakos missing with a left hand there. Terumo was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Krakakos scores with a jab to the body.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Terumo.
Krakakos gets tackled into the cage by Terumo. Terumo maintains the clinch.
Krakakos blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Terumo is leaning against Krakakos and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Terumo pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Terumo ducks under a wild hook from Krakakos.
A solid leg kick lands there for Terumo.
Krakakos throws a leg kick that is checked
and Terumo counters with a stiff right hand.
Terumo tries to clinch up but Krakakos circles away and keeps his distance.
Krakakos connects with a right hand. Terumo shakes it off.
Krakakos takes a kick to the side of the head.
Krakakos fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Terumo looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Bruno Terumo seems to be getting the better of the standup.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Good shot there by Terumo.
Terumo throws the left hand but Krakakos avoids the punch easily.
Terumo throws a right and a left that Krakakos avoids nicely.
A head kick misses from Terumo.
Terumo throws a series of punches but Krakakos avoids them all with ease.
Krakakos connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Terumo momentarily.
Terumo throws a head kick but Krakakos moves out of range.
Terumo gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Krakakos.
Krakakos throws the left hand but Terumo avoids the punch easily.
Krakakos scores with a hook.
A looping hook to the body misses from Krakakos. Terumo does a little dance to reset his feet.
A head kick misses from Terumo.
Krakakos misses the jab.
Krakakos throws a head kick that misses.
Terumo wants to clinch up but Krakakos keeps it at a distance.
Terumo lands with a shot to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Nice defenses there by Terumo.
A low kick from Terumo misses
and Krakakos connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Terumo lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Terumo lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Krakakos scores with a decent looking hook.
Terumo feints and then cracks Krakakos's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Krakakos down.
A slapping leg kick lands for Terumo.
Krakakos scores with a crisp jab that stopped Terumo in his tracks.
Terumo tries to clinch but Krakakos is having none of it.
Krakakos connects with a nice looking jab.
Terumo takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Terumo connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Krakakos will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Krakakos misses with a body shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Bruno Terumo will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Bruno Terumo's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!
A shot to the liver by Terumo. Beautiful body shot.
Terumo tries to clinch but Krakakos moves away
enabling Krakakos to counter with a crisp jab.
Terumo moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Krakakos keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Terumo scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Terumo lands with a shot to the body.
Terumo tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Terumo scores with a jab to the jaw.
Terumo throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Krakakos walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Krakakos takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Krakakos throws a shot from downtown. Terumo moves away and avoids it.
Krakakos avoids the head kick by Terumo.
Krakakos ducks under a wild hook from Terumo.
A swing and a miss from Terumo.
Terumo misses with a double jab.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Terumo checks the leg kick.
Nice straight punches there by Krakakos. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Krakakos.
Krakakos avoids the body shot from Terumo.
Krakakos misses the shot to the body.
Krakakos stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Terumo.
A shot to the liver by Terumo. Beautiful body shot.
Terumo moves out of range of the leg kick from Krakakos.
Krakakos takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Terumo slips a jab and a cross from Krakakos.
Terumo scores with a jab to the jaw.
Terumo misses with a head kick.
Terumo fails with an attempt to clinch.
Krakakos connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Krakakos tries to score with a low kick but Terumo moves his leg out of the way.
Terumo throws a body punch but Krakakos moves out of range.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Krakakos throws a front kick aimed at Terumo's knee but Terumo avoids it well.
Nice defenses there by Terumo.
Terumo fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Krakakos has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Terumo swings and misses with a hook to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Krakakos scoring well with a low kick there.
Terumo works the jab nicely.
Krakakos ducks under a wild hook from Terumo.
Krakakos drops his hands momentarily and Terumo takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Krakakos throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Terumo fails in his attempt to clinch.
A nice leg kick lands there from Terumo.
Terumo uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Krakakos.
Terumo throws a sloppy head kick and Krakakos moves out of range easily.
Krakakos looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Terumo misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Krakakos.
Nice uppercut lands for Terumo. That snapped Krakakos's head back.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Krakakos misses with a combination
and Terumo counters with a head kick. That will keep Krakakos thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
Terumo chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Krakakos can pounce on him.
Krakakos looks to throw the jab but Terumo is out of range.
Krakakos is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Krakakos looks to throw the jab but Terumo is out of range.
Krakakos has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Terumo.
A chopping leg kick lands by Krakakos.
Krakakos on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Krakakos ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Terumo moves away.
Krakakos looks to land a left hand but Terumo moved out of range nicely.
Terumo is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Krakakos misses with a looping right.
The crowd cheers as Terumo lands an impressive looking overhand right. Krakakos doesn't seem phased though.
Terumo connects with a solid leg kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Terumo gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Krakakos.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Krakakos missing with a left hand there. Terumo was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Terumo tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Krakakos was well out of range. Poor timing from Terumo.
Terumo scores with a head kick. Krakakos tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Krakakos lands with a right hand.
Krakakos connects with a single shot there.
Terumo tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Krakakos keeps the fight on the outside.
Terumo scores with the left hand. Krakakos knows he should have avoided that one.
Terumo throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Terumo takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Terumo keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Terumo takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Tomura Krakakos has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Terumo dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Terumo throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Krakakos on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Terumo. Terumo obviously looking to wear him down.
And that's the end of the fight!
Bruno Terumo comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Terumo 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 Shigeki Sano scores the fight 27:30
Judge Ren Mimura scores the fight 27:30
Judge Yuuki Gou scores the fight 28:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Bruno Terumo!
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Mark Gambacorto (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sim Salabim (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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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
7 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Mark Gambacorto!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
9 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Sim Salabim!
The judges for this bout are Yasuomi Hirokawa, Shigeki Sano and Taro Takaoka.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Salabim jabs Gambacorto to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Gambacorto moves into range and connects with a jab.
Salabim misses with an uppercut. Gambacorto saw that one coming.
Salabim shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Gambacorto pinned against the cage. Gambacorto gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Gambacorto slips under a jab.
Salabim misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Gambacorto.
Salabim tries to score a power double leg takedown but Gambacorto sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Salabim somewhat.
Gambacorto fails with an attempt to clinch.
No joy there for Gambacorto, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Gambacorto pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Gambacorto keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Mark Gambacorto has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Sim Salabim.
Salabim throws a loose over hand right and dives in with a double leg takedown. Gambacorto tries to sprawl but it's too late and the fighters hit the mat. Salabim is in Gambacorto's guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gambacorto is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Gambacorto tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Gambacorto is looking to stand up but Salabim isn't so interested in that idea.
Salabim landing some decent shots from guard.
Salabim loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Salabim not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Salabim pushes down on Gambacorto's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Salabim not landing any meaningful shots this time.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Salabim throwing shots but Gambacorto is blocking nicely.
Salabim wants to pass the guard but Gambacorto is defending well.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Salabim missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Salabim prevents Gambacorto from standing back up.
Salabim thows a huge punch but Gambacorto dodges it nicely.
Salabim throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Salabim missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Salabim is trying to control the action in half guard but Gambacorto is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Gambacorto wants to get back to his feet.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Salabim throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gambacorto avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Salabim.
Salabim is looking to take a break and control but Gambacorto is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Gambacorto is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Salabim scores with a couple of nice shots.
Salabim looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Gambacorto is looking for a sweep. Salabim is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Salabim not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Salabim thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Salabim not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Salabim missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Gambacorto is not content to let Salabim control the position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Salabim is looking to pass the guard... He's managed it - he's now in full mount!
Salabim has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Salabim thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
A nice elbow there by Salabim.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Salabim fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Salabim lands a big elbow.
Salabim thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
Salabim punishing his opponent with strikes.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Gambacorto in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Salabim pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Gambacorto is rocked!
Salabim loads up on a couple of big shots to the head that have Gambacorto scrambling to escape. He can't get free though and several more unanswered shots from Salabim land to the head. The referee has no choice but to stop the fight. Salabim stands and salutes the crowd.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Sim Salabim!
Sim Salabim is the new lightweight champion!
A loyal slave to those sponsorship dollars, Sim Salabim made sure he mentioned [JMFC] Arashi Fighting Nutrition Q160 Recovery, along with how happy he was to win his fight.
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