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AFC 46 - Maddox vs Osbourne PBP Commentary |
Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Yorito Nayama (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Cameron Saber (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Fingers crossed for an exciting fight - I'm sure both fighters are looking for a nice under the table bonus!
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184 lbs
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185 lbs
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Abu Dhabi Champ
Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
12 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Yorito Nayama!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
15 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Cameron Saber!
The judges for this bout are Yasuomi Hirokawa, Shirou Masuda and Shigeki Sano.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Saber throws a shot from downtown. Nayama moves away and avoids it.
Saber clinches with his opponent.
Saber tries to work over Nayama's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Nayama blocking some punches.
Saber on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Saber lands a body shot.
Saber has a couple of punches blocked by Nayama.
Saber blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Nayama's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
It looks like Yorito Nayama has been cut.
Nayama blocking some punches.
Saber lands a right hand that snaps the head of Nayama backwards.
Saber misses with a hook from the clinch.
Saber pushes Nayama back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Saber goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Saber lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nayama lands with a light punch inside.
Saber fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Nayama is looking to break free of the clinch but Saber has double underhooks.
Saber pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Saber throws a big shot that misses.
Nayama walks into a stiff left hand from Saber.
Nayama is rocked!
Saber throws a monster overhand right that drops Nayama! Saber follows up with more strikes from mount and the fight is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:33 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Cameron Saber!
After winning the bout, Cameron Saber thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Jun Kawasaki (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Michael Jones (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kawasaki's entrance music is Linkin Park - Bleed It Out. A fine choice. Michael Jones has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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168 lbs
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167 lbs
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
11 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Jun Kawasaki!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
14 - 9 - 1, fighting out of Tokyo, Michael Jones!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Shimada, Taro Takaoka and Hirohito Nitta.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jones misses with a straight right.
Kawasaki tries to clinch up but Jones circles away and keeps his distance.
Kawasaki walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Kawasaki throws a jab when Jones was well out of range.
Kawasaki ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Kawasaki throws a chopping leg kick but Jones manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
The fight stays on the outside here - Kawasaki looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Kawasaki tries to clinch up
and Jones counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
A nice leg kick lands there from Kawasaki.
Jones avoids a kick to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jones stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Kawasaki.
Jones shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Kawasaki defends it nicely.
Kawasaki lands with a nice body kick.
Kawasaki is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Jones.
Decent striking displayed by Kawasaki there.
Kawasaki is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Nice shot lands for Kawasaki.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jones darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Kawasaki is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Jones seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Kawasaki does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Jones thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Kawasaki trying to control but Jones postures up.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Jones is looking to take a break and control but Kawasaki is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Nice strikes from Jones there.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kawasaki wants to control but Jones passes into side.
Kawasaki tries to buck Jones off but Jones is having none of it.
Jones wants to control for a moment but Kawasaki uses the opportunity to move back to half guard.
Kawasaki is trying to maintain the position but Jones is very close to passing his half guard.
Jones trying to pass the guard but Kawasaki defending well.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Jones drops an elbow to the side of Kawasaki's head.
Kawasaki is looking to control Jones's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Kawasaki avoid being mounted?
Jones takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kawasaki slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Kawasaki being controlled here, momentarily.
Kawasaki avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Jones throwing strikes but missing.
Kawasaki preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Kawasaki is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Kawasaki working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Jones.
Jones slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Kawasaki throws his legs up looking for a submission but Jones uses it to pass to side control.
Kawasaki taking punishment in the form of punches.
Jones landing strikes.
Kawasaki is working to avoid the ground and pound but Jones connects with a decent elbow.
Jones has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Jones wants to control but Kawasaki is keeping him busy.
Kawasaki is looking for a sweep.
Kawasaki is not content to let Jones control the position.
Kawasaki tries to buck Jones off but Jones is having none of it.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Jones working away.
Kawasaki is trying to get back to half guard. He's pushing on Jones's leg. He's managed it. Nice work.
Kawasaki is trying to get back to full guard.
Kawasaki trying to control but Jones postures up.
Jones is nestled in close to Kawasaki, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Jones throwing shots but Kawasaki is blocking nicely.
Kawasaki tries to roll over but Jones keeps him under control.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Jones trying to control the pace.
Kawasaki on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Jones prevents Kawasaki from improving his position.
Kawasaki trying to control from the bottom.
Jones wants to lay and pray for a moment but Kawasaki keeps working.
Kawasaki tries to get to full guard but Jones has control of the leg.
Kawasaki wants to control but Jones is keeping busy.
Kawasaki wants to improve his position but Jones is controlling well.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Jones is nestled in close to Kawasaki, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Jones prevents Kawasaki from improving his position.
Kawasaki moves into full guard.
Jones got a little sloppy there for a moment and Kawasaki has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Jones has managed to get both his arms back between Kawasaki's legs - danger averted.
Kawasaki has momentary wrist control but Jones slips an elbow through the middle.
Jones is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Kawasaki keeping moving, preventing Jones from controlling successfully.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Jones accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Jones stopping the sweep attempt from Kawasaki.
Kawasaki looking to control.
Jones wants to control from the top but Kawasaki keeps moving.
Jones tries to free his leg and advance position but Kawasaki is retaining full guard.
Kawasaki looking to control.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Jones won't allow Kawasaki to sweep him here.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
A big left from Kawasaki misses.
Kawasaki wants to clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Michael Jones will probably get the nod.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!
Jones closes the distance and clinches.
Kawasaki is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Jones has picked Kawasaki up - he's going for a ride! Jones dumps his opponent to the mat with a thud and settles into half guard.
Jones is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Kawasaki wants to control but Jones is keeping busy and won't allow it.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Jones lands a nice short elbow.
Kawasaki is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Kawasaki is working hard here to advance position.
Kawasaki is not content to let Jones control the position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jones uses his free foot to push down on Kawasaki's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for Kawasaki.
Jones is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Kawasaki is in all sorts of trouble here.
Jones looking to finish Kawasaki with some ground and pound. This is bad for Kawasaki!
Michael Jones has got the better of the ground game so far.
Kawasaki is in a horrible position here. Jones smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Jones with shots to the head and body - Kawasaki looks very uncomfortable down there.
Jones cracks Kawasaki with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Kawasaki is looking to improve his position but Jones isn't that keen on the idea.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Jones landing shots from mount.
Kawasaki is desperately trying to improve his position but Jones has a good base and remains in mount.
Kawasaki is in a horrible position here. Jones smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Kawasaki is looking to get to half guard.
Jones landing strikes, looking to finish!
Jones is landing with some decent strikes but Kawasaki is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Kawasaki working to try and regain half guard.
Jones breaks from Kawasaki's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Jones is in the full mount, landing strikes.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jones dominating with strikes here.
Kawasaki is rocked!
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Jones cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Oh Kawasaki is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Jones is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Jones drops a big elbow. That's hurt Kawasaki! More shots from Jones and the ref steps in! The fight is over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:34 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Michael Jones!
A relieved looking Michael Jones 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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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Yoon Chung Kim (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jake Sawa (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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151 lbs
7 - 4 - 0 |
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153 lbs
7 - 4 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
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Counter striker
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
7 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Yoon Chung Kim!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
7 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Jake Sawa!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Yamamoto, Shirou Masuda and Ren Mimura.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kim misses with a body kick.
Kim tries for a takedown but Sawa circles away easily
and Sawa counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Sawa tries to free his leg and advance position but Kim is retaining full guard.
Sawa is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Sawa passes into half guard.
Sawa missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Kim is trying to maintain the position but Sawa is very close to passing his half guard.
Sawa is working hard to pass the guard. He's done it - he's now in full mount! Trouble for Kim!
Sawa tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Sawa moves to the back.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Kim just trying to survive but Sawa is wriggling into a better position, looking to finish.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Kim controlling the position well but he knows he's in a bad position.
Sawa is working for the rear naked choke. He has one arm under the chin but Kim has hold of the other arm. A bit of a stalemate here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kim tries to break free.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Sawa has managed to slip his arm under Kim's chin. This could be all over... yep, Kim is tapping out! Submission win for Sawa.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:30 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Jake Sawa!
Jake Sawa decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.
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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Stuey Ungar (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jacob Donovan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ungar's entrance music is Paper Planes. A fine choice. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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260 lbs
23 - 13 - 0 |
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289 lbs
14 - 11 - 0 |
Good wrestling
World class MT
Cardio machine |
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World class boxer
Good gas tank |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
23 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Stuey Ungar!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
14 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Jacob Donovan!
The judges for this bout are Yuuki Gou, Ren Mimura and Yukihiro Shimada.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ungar lands a glancing blow to the side of Donovan's head.
Ungar lands with a nice body punch.
Donovan throws a hook to the side of Ungar's head but Ungar sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Ungar keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Donovan.
Donovan checks the leg kick nicely there.
Ungar throws a sloppy head kick
and Donovan cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
It looks like Stuey Ungar has been cut.
Donovan connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Ungar momentarily.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Ungar takes one to the side of the head.
Donovan takes a swing at Ungar's ribcage but misses.
Ungar connects with a nice looking jab.
A big left from Donovan misses.
Ungar throws a hook but Donovan avoids it easily.
Donovan misses with a wild combination.
Donovan throws a shot from downtown. Ungar moves away and avoids it.
Donovan misses the body punch
and Donovan takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Donovan is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Ungar.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Good leg kick by Ungar there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Ungar misses the body punch
and Donovan counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Ungar is looking to clinch.
Donovan fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Ungar takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Donovan takes a swing at Ungar's ribcage but misses.
Donovan misses with a body shot.
Donovan with a jab.
Stuey Ungar's cut is getting worse.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Ungar connects with an inside leg kick.
Donovan looks to land a right hand but Ungar moved out of range.
Donovan throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Donovan takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Donovan throws the left hand but Ungar avoids the punch easily.
Ungar throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Donovan.
Ungar takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Donovan swings widly with a right hand
and Ungar counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ungar wants to clinch.
Donovan connects with a body shot that sends Ungar's belly button to the back.
Ungar uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Donovan.
Ungar smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Ungar waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Donovan.
Ungar looks to land a body kick but Donovan moved away.
Ungar looks for the body kick but Donovan saw that one coming.
Ungar throws a head kick but Donovan moves out of range.
Ungar clinches with his opponent.
Donovan tries to break the clinch but Ungar is controlling the position.
Ungar misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Donovan breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Donovan throws a shot to the body.
Ungar uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Donovan.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Donovan lands with a shot to the body.
Ungar drops his hands momentarily and Donovan takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Ungar keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Donovan is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Ungar misses with an uppercut.
Ungar ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Ungar swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
A telegraphed right hand from Donovan misses the target.
Ungar moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Nice jab there from Donovan.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Donovan throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Donovan looks to score with a jab to the body but Ungar is just out of range.
Ungar buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Ungar's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Donovan connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Ungar scrambles back to his feet.
Ungar throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Donovan counters with a nice body shot.
Donovan moves into range and connects with a jab.
Stuey Ungar's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Donovan misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Ungar.
Donovan moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Ungar is rocked!
A looping hook to the body misses from Donovan. Ungar does a little dance to reset his feet.
Ungar ducks under a wild hook from Donovan.
Donovan misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Ungar.
The fighters circling - Donovan throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Donovan swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Ungar counters with a thumping low kick.
Ungar misses with a looping right.
Donovan throws out a loose jab but Ungar uses good head movement to avoid it.
Donovan works Ungar's body with a nice hook.
Donovan misses with a right hand
and Ungar counters with a body kick that stops Donovan in his tracks momentarily.
Ungar throws a sloppy head kick and Donovan moves out of range easily.
Donovan swings for the body but Ungar moves out of range.
Ungar staying out of range there.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Donovan misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Ungar.
A big right from Ungar misses.
Ungar moves out of range as Donovan strikes.
Ungar misses with a right hand
and Donovan makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Donovan tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Ungar was well out of range. Poor timing from Donovan.
Ungar moves out of range of the strikes.
Donovan throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Ungar on the side of the head.
Ungar bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Donovan swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Donovan is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Ungar had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Donovan just misses with a punch to the body.
A looping hook to the body misses from Donovan. Ungar does a little dance to reset his feet.
Jab from Donovan.
Jeez, Stuey Ungar's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.
Donovan scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Donovan misses with a looping left.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Donovan misses with a hook.
Donovan looks to throw the jab but Ungar is out of range.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Donovan throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Ungar stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Donovan is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Ungar.
Donovan misses with an uppercut. Ungar saw that one coming.
Donovan scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
The referee calls the doctor in to look at Stuey Ungar's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 6:33 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Jacob Donovan!
Jacob Donovan thanked the fans post fight for their support.
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Damien Roads (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Calvin Johnson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Johnson has chosen The Longest Day by Iron Maiden as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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214 lbs
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217 lbs
10 - 5 - 0 |
BJJ Purple Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
8 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Damien Roads!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
10 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Calvin Johnson!
The judges for this bout are Yuuki Gou, Tatsuya Matsuyama and Yasuomi Hirokawa.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A slow jab from Johnson misses its intended target.
Johnson misses with a right hand
and Roads counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Roads walks into a stiff left hand from Johnson.
Roads misses with a straight right.
Johnson lands with a cross.
Johnson fails in his attempt to clinch.
Johnson punishes Roads's body with a nice straight punch.
Johnson thows a body shot but no joy.
Roads lands a glancing blow to the side of Johnson's head.
It looks like Calvin Johnson has been cut.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A decent looking cross lands there for Johnson.
Johnson tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Roads was well out of range. Poor timing from Johnson.
Johnson looks to land a left hand but Roads moved out of range nicely.
Johnson fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Roads looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Johnson has closed the distance and engaged Roads in a clinch.
Roads fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Johnson.
Roads tries to break the clinch but Johnson is controlling the position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Roads misses with the head strike.
Roads has had enough of the clinch but Johnson keeps him there for the moment.
Johnson tries to throw a body punch but Roads avoids it by throwing Johnson back against the cage.
Johnson works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Roads blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Johnson throws a punch but it's blocked by Roads.
Roads blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Johnson lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Johnson blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Roads wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Johnson has him pressed against the cage.
Roads lands with a light punch inside.
Johnson makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Johnson lands a shoulder strike.
Roads being controlled against the cage.
Johnson pushes Roads back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Johnson misses with a hook to the ribs.
Johnson misses with a short punch on the inside.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
A short right from Johnson on the inside.
Roads manages to break the clinch.
Johnson is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Johnson missing with a left hand there. Roads was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Calvin Johnson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Johnson lands a nice leg kick that just misses Roads's sensitive parts.
Johnson keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Roads.
Johnson swings for the body but Roads moves out of range.
Roads doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Johnson rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Roads moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Good leg kick by Johnson there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A swing and a miss from Roads.
Roads takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Johnson tries to clinch but Roads is having none of it.
Johnson dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Roads is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Johnson keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Roads.
Roads throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Johnson throws a nice inside leg kick.
Johnson's jab looks to have found its range, popping Roads under the eye.
Johnson fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Roads looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Johnson scores with a leg kick.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Johnson scores with a leg kick.
Roads is breathing heavily.
Johnson fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Johnson moves into the clinch.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Johnson.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Roads blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Johnson lands with a left to the head.
Johnson softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Johnson misses with a punch on the inside.
Johnson lands with a light punch inside.
A right hook to the body lands for Johnson.
Johnson lands a right hand.
Johnson lands a shoulder strike.
Roads tries to break the clinch but Johnson is controlling the position.
Roads can't find room to land a body shot as Johnson controls the action.
Johnson tries to work over Roads's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Johnson swings wildly with an uppercut but Roads uses good head movement to avoid it.
Johnson lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Roads or not.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Johnson takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Johnson lands a left hand.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Johnson misses with a punch on the inside.
Johnson lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Roads backwards.
Roads stalling in the clinch but Johnson improves position.
Roads misses with a punch on the inside.
Roads stalling in the clinch.
Johnson tries a body shot but Roads blocks it.
Johnson lands a hook to the side of the head.
Johnson stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Roads blocking some punches.
Johnson goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Johnson stalling in the clinch.
Johnson fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Johnson misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Johnson working aggressively here.
Johnson doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Johnson struggles to land a body shot inside as Roads controls his hands.
Roads fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Johnson swings wildly with an uppercut but Roads uses good head movement to avoid it.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A nice left hand lands by Johnson.
Roads lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Johnson or not.
Roads blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Johnson works on Roads's body with a couple of short punches.
Roads wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Johnson has him pressed against the cage.
Johnson lands a left hand that snaps the head of Roads backwards.
Roads has a couple of punches blocked by Johnson.
Johnson lands a right hand that snaps the head of Roads backwards.
A nice left hand lands by Johnson.
Roads tries to break the clinch but Johnson is controlling the position.
Roads tries to stall but Johnson uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Roads.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Johnson.
Johnson pressing his opponent against the cage.
Johnson doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Roads is looking to break free of the clinch but Johnson has double underhooks.
Johnson misses with some punches.
Roads blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Johnson is leaning against Roads and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Johnson throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Roadss head.
Roads is trying to force a seperation but Johnson has the dominant position.
Johnson lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Roads backwards.
Roads blocks an uppercut.
Nice body punch from Johnson - that landed with a thud.
Johnson lands a right hand.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Johnson scores with a shoulder strike.
Roads tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Johnson's elbow.
Johnson lands a right hand.
Roads wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Johnson has him pressed against the cage.
Johnson can't find room to land a body shot as Roads controls the action.
Roads blocks an uppercut.
Johnson tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Johnson works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Roads can't break the clinch.
Roads taking a breather.
Roads has Johnson pressed against the cage.
Stalling in the clinch from Johnson.
Johnson has a couple of punches blocked by Roads.
Johnson tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Johnson misses with some punches.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Johnson lands a left hand.
Johnson lands a body punch in the clinch.
Johnson misses with a hook to the ribs.
Johnson tries a body shot but Roads blocks it.
A body shot lands from Johnson.
Johnson keeps control of Roads as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Johnson creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Roads blocking some punches.
Johnson lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Johnson lands with a short head shot on the inside.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Johnson working aggressively here.
Roads wants to stall.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Johnson lands a hook to the side of the head.
Roads is rocked!
Johnson lands a body shot.
Oh Roads is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Roads wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Calvin Johnson dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Calvin Johnson's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!
Johnson scores with a nice head shot.
Roads seems to have got his legs back now.
Johnson moves into the clinch.
Johnson lands a nice shot to the body.
Roads looking to stall.
Johnson has a couple of punches blocked by Roads.
A nice left hand lands by Johnson.
Johnson is pushing Roads up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Johnson throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Roadss head.
Johnson creates a bit of space for himself and rocks Roads with a big uppercut! Roads tries to clinch up but Johnson pushes him back against the cage and lands another monster strike that crumples Roads to the mat! Roads covers up and Johnson unloads with more strikes until the referee steps in to end the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:51 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Calvin Johnson!
A very excited looking Calvin Johnson made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Judas Theurophoroi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Victor Brown (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Theurophoroi comes to the cage accompanied by One Step Closer. . .to the Title Shot!. Brown has chosen Don't You Give Your Love Away as his entrance music. Both fighters will be looking to make this an exciting fight for the fans, I'm sure!
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175 lbs
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171 lbs
15 - 10 - 0 |
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Excellent MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
8 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Judas Theurophoroi!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
15 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Victor Brown!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Sano, Sosuke Kotani and Yukihiro Shimada.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Brown scores with a hook to the body. Theurophoroi takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Theurophoroi tries to clinch up but Brown circles away and keeps his distance.
Theurophoroi wants to clinch but Brown slips to the side
and Brown counters with a left to the body.
Nice jab there from Brown.
Brown misses the shot to the body.
Theurophoroi lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Brown circles away quickly and effectively.
A big right from Theurophoroi misses.
Theurophoroi tries to close the distance and clinch but Brown swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Theurophoroi wants to clinch.
Theurophoroi wants to clinch.
Theurophoroi is looking to clinch.
Theurophoroi moves to clinch but Brown breaks away
and Brown makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Theurophoroi misses with a series of wild punches.
Brown moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Theurophoroi tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Brown counters with a nice double leg into side control. Theurophoroi won't be happy with that.
Theurophoroi wants to control but Brown postures up.
Brown grinds an elbow into Theurophoroi's temple.
Brown misses with the ground and pound.
Theurophoroi manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.
Brown not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Theurophoroi trying to control here.
Theurophoroi on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Theurophoroi tries to get out of the position.
Brown throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Theurophoroi won't allow Brown to pass to mount.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Brown takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Brown wants to pass to mount but Theurophoroi is defending the position.
Theurophoroi slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Brown is fighting to break Theurophoroi's control of his arms but Theurophoroi is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
Brown landing some decent shots from guard.
Brown has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Brown wants to control from the top but Theurophoroi keeps moving.
Theurophoroi wants to stand and escape but Brown is having none of it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Theurophoroi working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Brown.
Brown looking to sit in guard and control but Theurophoroi gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Brown is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Brown has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Theurophoroi taking shots to the head.
Brown looking to control but Theurophoroi is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Theurophoroi tries to lock up and control but Brown gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Theurophoroi is trying to escape the mount.
Brown postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Theurophoroi looks a forlorn figure.
Brown landing shots from mount.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Brown is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Theurophoroi takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Theurophoroi is rocked!
Brown is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Theurophoroi can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Oh Theurophoroi is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Brown trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Brown landing strikes, looking to finish!
Brown tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Brown scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Theurophoroi?
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Theurophoroi bucks up and manages to get a nice reversal! He's in guard on the top - nicely done!
Brown keeping moving, preventing Theurophoroi from controlling successfully.
Theurophoroi seems to have got his legs back now.
Theurophoroi throwing strikes but missing.
Theurophoroi gets to his feet. Brown looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!
Theurophoroi fails with an attempt to clinch.
Brown catches Theurophoroi with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
A big left from Brown misses.
Judas Theurophoroi is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Theurophoroi misses with a body kick.
Brown closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Brown lands some shots froms side control.
Brown trying to control the position but Theurophoroi is working away.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Brown is working Theurophoroi over with some ground and pound from side control.
It looks like Judas Theurophoroi has been cut.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Brown trying to control the position but Theurophoroi is working away.
Brown is putting a hurting on Theurophoroi here, landing some big shots from side control.
Theurophoroi is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Brown working the ground and pound but Theurophoroi is defending the strikes.
Brown lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Theurophoroi down.
Theurophoroi wants to get back to his feet but Brown drags him back down.
Theurophoroi tries to improve position but can't.
Brown lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Theurophoroi is not content to let Brown control the position.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Brown misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
Brown wants to control but Theurophoroi is keeping him busy.
Theurophoroi taking punishment in the form of punches.
Theurophoroi is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Brown tries to cartwheel into mount but he doesn't manage it.
Brown throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Brown is looking to take a break and control but Theurophoroi is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Brown throws a strike aimed at the side of Theurophoroi's head but Theurophoroi avoids it well.
Theurophoroi takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Brown fails to land a wild elbow strike.
Brown working the ground and pound from side control.
An elbow from Brown crashes against the mat.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Brown moves into full mount!
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Brown lands a big shot there that rocks Theurophoroi but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Theurophoroi knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Brown on the ground.
Brown postures up and throws a couple of big shots that have Theurophoroi in real trouble here! The ref calls for Theurophoroi to improve his position which he doesn't do, so the referee has no choice but to end the fight due to the strikes!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 9:29 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Victor Brown!
A victorious Victor Brown thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Ketsuno Anajo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kendall Alves (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Anajo comes into the arena with Ghostbusters blaring out of the sound system. 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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25
137 lbs
15 - 6 - 0 |
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148 lbs
28 - 21 - 0 |
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World class boxer
Very quick |
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Good gas tank |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
15 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Ketsuno Anajo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
28 - 21 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Kendall Alves!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Yamamoto, Hirohito Nitta and Taro Takaoka.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A big left from Alves misses.
Anajo thows a left - swing and a miss!
Ketsuno Anajo seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Anajo gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Anajo pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Anajo connects with a solid leg kick.
Alves moves out of range of the leg kick from Anajo.
Anajo is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Alves.
Anajo swings for the body but Alves moves out of range.
Alves is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Alves looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Alves looks to score with a jab to the body but Anajo is just out of range.
Nice defenses there by Anajo.
Alves connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Anajo misses with a body shot
and Alves counters with a single leg into guard. Anajo didn't expect that.
Alves wants to pass the guard but Anajo is keeping the position.
Anajo knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Alves on the ground.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Alves controlling from the top position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Anajo looking for a sweep. Not yet Anajo, not yet.
Alves lands a couple of elbows.
Anajo tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Alves keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Anajo's head.
Alves pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Anajo is keeping the position for now.
Alves content to stall in guard here.
Alves in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Anajo is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Alves is controlling him.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Alves is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Alves postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Anajo trying to control the position.
Alves throwing strikes but missing.
Alves throws a big elbow that misses.
Alves throws an elbow that misses. Anajo uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Alves's guard. Nice move by Anajo!
Alves has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Anajo can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Alves looking for a guillotine here but Anajo defends easily.
Alves keeping moving, preventing Anajo from controlling successfully.
Alves escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Anajo gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Anajo tries to free his leg and advance position but Alves is retaining full guard.
Anajo stands up and waves to Alves to follow him.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Alves feints and as Anajo raises his hands in defense, Alves changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Alves missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Alves chips away with some ground and pound.
Alves throws a big elbow that misses.
Alvesis looking to pass into half guard but Anajo pushes him away with his feet and jumps on top - now Anajo is in guard.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Anajo avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Anajo has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Anajo trying to control the position from guard on top but Alves is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Alves has his foot on Anajo's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Anajo works his way back into a safe position though.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Alves keeping moving, preventing Anajo from controlling successfully.
Alves is trying to keep Anajo in close.
Anajo wants to control from the top but Alves keeps moving.
Anajo wants to get up but he can't break Alves's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
Alves throws his legs up looking to secure a triangle. Oh, that looks pretty tight, I gotta say! Anajo escapes and throws Alves's legs to the side, diving into side control!
Alves is trying to control Anajo's posture but Anajo avoids it.
Alves is looking for a sweep.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Anajo working away.
Alves might have to switch it up a bit here because his efforts to control Anajo kaven't been going to plan, at least at the current moment in time.
Alves gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
Anajo uses his free foot to push down on Alves's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for Alves.
Anajo lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Alves manages to regain half guard. Good work.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Alves is not content to let Anajo control the position.
Alves looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Alves looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Anajo stands up from half guard... He's had enough of that ground malarky for the time being.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Anajo - that will leave a mark!
Alves walks into a straight right hand from Anajo.
Anajo throws a wild body kick that Alves sees coming a mile off.
Anajo lands with an overhand left.
Anajo throws a low kick but Alves moves out of range easily.
Anajo takes one to the side of the head.
Anajo swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Alves misses the shot to the body.
Decent striking displayed by Alves there.
Anajo throws a nice inside leg kick.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Anajo pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Anajo throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Anajo lands a nice hook to Alves's body. Alves takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Alves tries to score a power double leg takedown but Anajo sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Alves somewhat.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Alves checks a leg kick.
Anajo takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Anajo tries to land a front kick but Alves steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Some bone on bone action there as Alves checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Alves lands a jab to the head.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Alves uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Anajo.
Anajo throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
A big right from Anajo misses.
Anajo throws a chopping leg kick but Alves manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Anajo moves away from the strike by Alves.
Anajo misses with a body kick.
Anajo throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Alves counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Alves has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Anajo has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Anajo there as he acknowledges the shot.
Anajo swings away with a body shot that misses
and Alves makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Alves is trying hard to land a takedown here. Anajo sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Ketsuno Anajo has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Kendall Alves.
Anajo swings for the body but Alves moves out of range.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Sloppy strikes from Anajo. Those never looked like landing.
Ketsuno Anajo is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Alves scores with a takedown into Anajo's guard.
Alves working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Kendall Alves dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!
Anajo attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Alves misses with a wild body shot.
Alves shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Anajo wants to control but Alves is keeping busy.
Alves is trying to control. Anajo wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Anajo is trying to get back to full guard.
Anajo trying to control from the bottom.
Alves seems to be looking for submissions.
Anajo is looking to control Alves's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Anajo avoid being mounted?
That's one minute gone in the round.
Alves winds up and cracks Anajo with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Anajo is refusing to be controlled, as Alves sits in half guard.
Anajo is trying to get back to full guard.
Alves thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Anajo has a hand on Alves's thigh, trying to get back to full guard. Alves takes advantage of the position though and mounts him!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Alves with a couple of short strikes.
Alves connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Anajo is squirming around, avoiding Alves's attempts to control the action.
Kendall Alves has got the better of the ground game so far.
Alves thowing shots but they're missing.
Alves thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
Anajo is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Alves cracks Anajo with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Alves trying to control but Anajo is having none of it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Anajo working to try and regain half guard.
The referee warns Anajo that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Anajo tries to hold on but Alves pushes him away.
Alves landing punches.
Anajo is rocked!
Alves can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Anajo is looking to escape.
Oh Anajo is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Alves unloads with some vicious shots from mount and Anajo wants out - he looks towards the referee who steps in to save him! Alves celebrates on the cage and the crowd goes wild!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:55 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Kendall Alves!
An intense looking Kendall Alves took to the microphone post fight and gave a little speech: 'Kendal Alves jiu jutsu at Saboteur's Playground! Thanks for watching.'.
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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Ryan Russo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Aki Sirkesalo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Man, I cannot wait for this one!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, for the featherweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
15 - 8 - 0, fighting out of London, Ryan Russo!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
14 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Aki Sirkesalo!
The judges for this bout are Tatsuya Matsuyama, Kenichi Hosakawa and Shirou Masuda.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Russo clinches up against the cage.
Russo can't get the takedown.
Russo throws a knee to the head but misses.
Russo tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Sirkesalo avoids it.
Russo has Sirkesalo pressed against the cage, preventing Sirkesalo from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Russo creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Sirkesalo's defenses.
Russo lands a knee to the body.
Russo missing with knees to the body.
Sirkesalo trying to stall but Russo improves his position.
Russo is working Sirkesalo over against the cage.
Russo tries to land knees in the clinch but Sirkesalo avoids the damage to the body.
Russo just leaning against Sirkesalo, taking a breather.
Knees in the clinch landing for Russo.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Russo misses with a body punch.
Russo misses with an elbow over the top.
Come on Russo - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Sirkesalo wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Russo has him pressed against the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sirkesalo blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Russo scores a nice knee to the body.
Russo lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Sirkesalo breaks the clinch.
Sirkesalo takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Russo tries a head kick but it misses.
Russo steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Sirkesalo.
Russo just misses with a punch to the body.
Sirkesalo pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Russo thumps Sirkesalo with a low kick.
Russo wants to clinch up but Sirkesalo keeps it at a distance.
Russo misses with a body shot.
Sirkesalo connects with a body shot that sends Russo's belly button to the back.
Russo looks for the body kick but Sirkesalo saw that one coming.
Sirkesalo throws a hook but Russo avoids it easily.
Sirkesalo misses with the combination.
Russo tries to clinch up but Sirkesalo circles away and keeps his distance.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sirkesalo keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Sirkesalo lands a glancing blow to the side of Russo's head.
Sirkesalo misses with a straight left.
A swing and a miss from Sirkesalo.
Sirkesalo has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Russo.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Russo staying out of range there.
Russo rushes Sirkesalo and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Sirkesalo is trying to break free.
Russo lands an elbow inside.
Russo lands a nice elbow.
Sirkesalo has had enough of the clinch but Russo keeps him there for the moment.
Russo landing knees to the body.
Russo is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Russo lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Russo using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Sirkesalo blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Russo tries to land knees in the clinch but Sirkesalo avoids the damage to the body.
Russo lands an elbow inside that Sirkesalo shrugs off.
Russo gets through Sirkesalo's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Russo misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Sirkesalo.
Russo has Sirkesalo pressed against the cage, preventing Sirkesalo from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Sirkesalo is looking to break free of the clinch but Russo has double underhooks.
Russo scores with a knee to the head.
It looks like Aki Sirkesalo has been cut.
With the fighters up against the cage, Russo throws an elbow but misses.
Russo lands a nice elbow.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Russo trying to land knees to the body.
Russo manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Russo unloads a knee to the mid-section. Sirkesalo lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Sirkesalo taking a breather.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Russo unloads a knee to the mid-section. Sirkesalo lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Russo gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Sirkesalo avoids a wild elbow strike from Russo.
Sirkesalo takes a knee right on the jaw!
Russo lands a nice uppercut.
Russo lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Sirkesalo or not.
Russo lands with a short shot to the head.
Russo pushes Sirkesalo back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
The referee is keeping an eye on Russo - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Sirkesalo breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
A chopping leg kick lands by Russo.
Sirkesalo misses with a right hand
and Russo counters with a slapping leg kick.
Russo misses with a kick to the body.
Sirkesalo swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Sirkesalo sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Russo fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Russo will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Sirkesalo 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.
Sirkesalo waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Russo.
Russo tries to clinch up.
Sirkesalo uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Russo.
A telegraphed right hand from Russo misses the target.
Sirkesalo listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Russo keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Sirkesalo.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
A telegraphed right hand from Sirkesalo misses the target.
Russo tries to close the distance and clinch but Sirkesalo swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
A punch combination from Sirkesalo misses.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Russo throws a head kick but Sirkesalo moves out of range.
Sirkesalo swings for the body but Russo moves out of range.
Russo lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Sirkesalo misses with a looping left.
Sirkesalo lands with a right hand.
Russo lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
A solid leg kick lands there for Russo.
Russo lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Russo tries to clinch up.
Sirkesalo might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Sirkesalo just misses with a punch to the body.
Russo throws a head kick but Sirkesalo moves out of range.
Sirkesalo takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Russo comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Sirkesalo looks gassed!
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Sirkesalo with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Russo to score with a decent uppercut.
Sirkesalo pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Sirkesalo's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Russo connects with a leg kick. Sirkesalo looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Russo throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
A telegraphed right hand from Sirkesalo misses the target.
Sirkesalo takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Russo getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Sirkesalo throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Russo counters with a low kick, right behind Sirkesalo 's knee.
Russo dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Sirkesalo throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Russo sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Russo slips under a jab from Sirkesalo.
A jab from Sirkesalo misses.
Russo wants to clinch.
Russo bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Sirkesalo's head.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Sirkesalo misses with a hook. Russo ducked under it nicely.
Russo throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Sirkesalo tests Russo's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Russo rushes Sirkesalo and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Sirkesalo on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Russo tries a knee to the head but Sirkesalo blocks it.
Russo with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Russo lands with a short shot to the head.
Sirkesalo avoiding damage as Russo throws knees to the body.
Russo will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Sirkesalo up against the cage.
Russo drags the fight down to the ground.
Russo seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Russo has a closed guard, preventing Sirkesalo from standing up.
Russo not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Russo is looking for a triangle but Sirkesalo pushes his legs off easily.
Russo controls Sirkesalo momentarily but Sirkesalo frees himself.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Russo looking for submissions from the bottom but instead Sirkesalo passes into side control.
Russo gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ryan Russo dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Aki Sirkesalo's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Russo throws a solid leg kick but Sirkesalo takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Russo.
Sirkesalo keeps the fight on the outside.
Russo tries to close the distance and clinch but Sirkesalo swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Sirkesalo moves out of range of the body kick.
Russo ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Russo feints and then cracks Sirkesalo's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Sirkesalo down.
Some wild striking there from Sirkesalo.
Sirkesalo has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Russo finds it's way round the side to connect with Sirkesalo's head.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Russo lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Sirkesalo has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Sirkesalo and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Russo throws a quick inside leg kick.
Russo is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Sirkesalo can do to turn this around?
Sirkesalo thows a left - swing and a miss!
Sirkesalo blocks a head kick by Russo.
Sirkesalo throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
That kick from Russo tenderised Sirkesalo's leg. Sirkesalo is trying to keep his angry face on.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Russo tries to close the distance and clinch up but Sirkesalo swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Russo scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Russo closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Russo landing knees to the head.
Sirkesalo looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Russo throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Sirkesalo blocks it with crossed arms.
Russo lands a right hand that snaps the head of Sirkesalo backwards.
Sirkesalo is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Sirkesalo is trying to force a seperation but Russo has the dominant position.
Sirkesalo has had enough of the clinch but Russo keeps him there for the moment.
Russo pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Russo with a knee to the head.
Sirkesalo can't break the clinch.
Russo using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Sirkesalo can't break the clinch.
Ryan Russo has scored more points in the clinch so far.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Russo working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Sirkesalo wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Russo has him pressed against the cage.
Russo has Sirkesalo pressed against the cage, preventing Sirkesalo from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Sirkesalo breaks from the clinch.
Sirkesalo looks to land a combination but Russo avoids it well.
Russo lands with a shot 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!
Russo turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Sirkesalo is breathing heavily.
Russo is looking to slow Sirkesalo down with leg kicks.
Russo pushes Sirkesalo away with a front kick.
A good leg kick by Russo.
Russo misses with a body shot.
Russo wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
A big left from Sirkesalo misses.
Russo with a jab.
Russo scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sirkesalo throws a hook but Russo blocks it.
Sirkesalo moves into range and connects with a jab.
Russo moves into the clinch.
Russo tries a knee to the head but Sirkesalo blocks it.
Sirkesalo takes a knee right on the jaw!
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Russo taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Russo lands a hook that snaps the head of Sirkesalo backwards.
Russo creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Sirkesalo's defenses.
Russo keeps control of Sirkesalo as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Sirkesalo is trying to break free.
Russo has Sirkesalo pressed against the cage, preventing Sirkesalo from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Russo just misses with a elbow thrown towards Sirkesalo's brow.
Russo unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Sirkesalo is looking to break free of the clinch but Russo has double underhooks.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Russo will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Sirkesalo up against the cage.
Sirkesalo takes a knee to the side of the body.
Russo putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Sirkesalo in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Russo lands an elbow inside.
Sirkesalo is trying to stall.
Russo avoiding damage.
Russo lands an elbow that stopped Sirkesalo in his tracks for a moment.
Russo pressing his opponent against the cage.
Russo is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Russo keeps control of Sirkesalo as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Sirkesalo wants to get back to striking at distance but Russo won't allow it.
Sirkesalo takes an elbow to the temple.
Sirkesalo is looking to break free of the clinch but Russo has double underhooks.
Russo landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Russo lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Russo is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Russo misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Russo leaning against his opponent.
Russo lands a nice elbow.
Sirkesalo is trying to maintain a safe position but Russo gets an underhook and turns Sirkesalo into the cage.
Russo stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
A short right from Russo.
Russo lands a nice shot to the body.
Russo is stalling here.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Russo landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Sirkesalo is looking to control Russo's arms but Russo gets an underhook and turns him. Now Sirkesalo has his back to the cage.
Russo gets through Sirkesalo's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Sirkesalo tries to circle away but Russo has him pinned against the cage.
Sirkesalo's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
A short right hand to the side of the head by Russo.
Sirkesalo is trying to break the clinch but Russo has him pressed against the cage.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Russo has Sirkesalo pressed against the cage.
Russo tries to land knees in the clinch but Sirkesalo avoids the damage to the body.
Russo using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Russo lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Russo lands a damaging elbow.
Russo stalling.
Russo lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Russo unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Russo lands an elbow inside.
Russo displaying some good clinch control by pressing Sirkesalo up against the cage.
Russo lands a good knee to the midsection. Sirkesalo won't want to take too many of those.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
A knee to the head by Russo.
Russo has Sirkesalo pushed against the cage.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Russo crunches a lovely knee into Sirkesalo's ribcage.
Russo scores a nice knee to the body.
Russo lands a nice elbow.
Sirkesalo trying to stall but Russo improves his position.
Russo gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Sirkesalo wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Russo keeps control of Sirkesalo as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Russo lands a good knee to the midsection. Sirkesalo won't want to take too many of those.
Russo landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Russo working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Russo lands a knee to the head.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Sirkesalo takes an elbow to the forehead.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Russo lands a knee to the body.
Russo is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
The crowd are getting pretty annoyed with Russo for his constant stalling in the clinch and are voicing their displeasure.
Sirkesalo is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Russo comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Russo has Sirkesalo pushed against the cage.
A knee to the head by Russo.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ryan Russo dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Aki Sirkesalo's cut.
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!
Russo fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Sirkesalo steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Russo. That one must have hurt.
Sirkesalo scores with a nice head shot.
Russo slips under a jab from Sirkesalo.
Russo tries to close the distance and clinch but Sirkesalo swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Russo throws a series of punches but Sirkesalo avoids them all with ease.
Russo attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Sirkesalo throws a jab but it's blocked by Russo.
Russo takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
A leg kick checked by Sirkesalo.
Russo misses with a low kick.
Russo swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Russo throws a push kick but Sirkesalo slaps the foot to one side.
Russo lands a nice leg kick that just misses Sirkesalo's sensitive parts.
Russo lands a nice shot to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Russo moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Sirkesalo misses the body punch
and Russo counters with a nice low kick that buckles Sirkesalo's knee momentarily.
Sirkesalo misses with a looping left.
Russo is looking to wear down Sirkesalo with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Russo throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Russo thumps Sirkesalo with a low kick.
Ryan Russo is winning the standup battle so far.
Sirkesalo lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Sirkesalo takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Russo keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Russo slips under a jab from Sirkesalo.
Russo shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
A head kick misses from Russo.
Sirkesalo digs a good body shot into Russo's ribs.
A shot to the liver by Sirkesalo. Beautiful body shot.
Russo pushes Sirkesalo up against the cage in a clinch.
Sirkesalo wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Russo has him pressed against the cage.
Sirkesalo is trying to push Russo away but Russo has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Russo tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Russo stalling.
Sirkesalo wants to get back to striking at distance but Russo won't allow it.
Sirkesalo is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Russo is keeping busy.
Sirkesalo wants to get back to striking at distance but Russo won't allow it.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
A frustrated look appears on Sirkesalo's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Nice elbow from Russo.
Sirkesalo being controlled against the cage.
Sirkesalo is trying to force a seperation but Russo has the dominant position.
Russo crunches a lovely knee into Sirkesalo's ribcage.
Russo stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sirkesalo wants to break free but Russo has control.
Russo looking to throw knees to the head but Sirkesalo is blocking nicely.
Russo drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Sirkesalo wants to break the clinch but can't.
Russo prevents Sirkesalo from breaking the clinch.
Russo gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Russo effectively controlling the action here.
Russo throws an elbow but it misses.
Sirkesalo is looking to control Russo's arms but Russo gets an underhook and turns him. Now Sirkesalo has his back to the cage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nice elbow from Russo.
Russo will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Sirkesalo up against the cage.
Russo lands an elbow inside that Sirkesalo shrugs off.
Russo throws an elbow that misses.
Russo misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Sirkesalo breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Russo takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Sirkesalo takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Sirkesalo loads up on a big right hand but Russo slips the punch.
Sirkesalo throws a looping overhand right but Russo ducks down to avoid it.
Sirkesalo has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Russo.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Russo moves away from the strike by Sirkesalo.
Sirkesalo throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Russo sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Russo throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Sirkesalo thows a body shot but no joy.
A leg kick checked by Sirkesalo.
Russo rushes Sirkesalo and presses him up against the cage.
Sirkesalo looking to stall.
Russo putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Sirkesalo in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Sirkesalo trying to control the position but instead, Russo has worked for underhooks and has pushed Sirkesalo into the cage.
A bit of stalling here from Russo.
Russo lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Russo creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Russo stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Russo scores a nice knee to the body.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Russo with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Russo landing knees to the body.
Sirkesalo takes a knee to the side of the body.
Sirkesalo is trying to force a seperation but Russo has the dominant position.
A hook to the body from Russo.
Nice body punch from Russo.
The referee is keeping an eye on Russo - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Russo with a knee to the head.
Sirkesalo trying to control the position but instead, Russo has worked for underhooks and has pushed Sirkesalo into the cage.
Russo will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Sirkesalo up against the cage.
Aki Sirkesalo has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Russo gets a warning from the ref for wasting time.
Russo lands a nice knee to the body.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Russo as Sirkesalo tries to tie him up.
Russo pressing his opponent against the cage.
Sirkesalo is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Russo is keeping busy.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Russo lands a good knee to the midsection. Sirkesalo won't want to take too many of those.
Russo with a knee to the head.
Knees in the clinch landing for Russo.
Russo scores with a knee to the head.
Russo landing knees to the head.
Russo is pushing Sirkesalo up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Sirkesalo takes an elbow to the forehead.
Russo tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Russo's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Russo lands with a short head shot on the inside.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Sirkesalo is trying to break the clinch but Russo has him pressed against the cage.
Sirkesalo is trying to break free.
Russo connects with a knee to the head.
Russo stalling against the cage.
Sirkesalo has had enough of the clinch but Russo keeps him there for the moment.
Sirkesalo can't break the clinch.
Sirkesalo wants to get back to striking at distance but Russo won't allow it.
Sirkesalo is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Russo lands a nice elbow.
Russo blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Russo unloads a knee to the mid-section.
And that's the end of the fight!
Ryan Russo showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Russo has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Tatsuya Matsuyama scores the fight for Ryan Russo!
Judge Kenichi Hosakawa scores the fight for Ryan Russo!
Judge Shirou Masuda scores the fight for Ryan Russo!
Ryan Russo wins by unanimous decision!
Ryan Russo retains his featherweight title!
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Otto Maddox (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Oleg Osbourne (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Maddox comes to the cage accompanied by Institutionalized - Suicidal Tendencies. Osbourne has chosen Dropkick Murphys - Warriors Code as his entrance music. The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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197 lbs
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Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
20 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Otto Maddox!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
31 - 15 - 2, fighting out of Tokyo, Oleg Osbourne!
The judges for this bout are Hirohito Nitta, Yasuomi Hirokawa and Sosuke Kotani.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Osbourne waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Maddox.
Maddox slips a jab from Osbourne.
Left hook, right uppercut from Maddox.
It looks like Oleg Osbourne has been cut.
Osbourne changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Maddox tries to avoid it but Osbourne manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Maddox to the ground. Maddox escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Maddox, as that shot connected.
Maddox decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Osbourne trying to control from the bottom.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Maddox lands a nice short elbow.
Osbourne is trying to get back to full guard.
Maddox wants to lay and pray for a moment but Osbourne keeps working.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Maddox takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
Maddox missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Maddox lands with a punch from half guard.
Osbourne is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Maddox's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Maddox's back!
Osbourne is working really hard to secure the rear naked choke. Maddox defends successfully for a significant amount of time. Both fighters are looking very determined.
Maddox turns into Osbourne and is now in his guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Osbourne is looking to sweep but instead, Maddox has passed into half guard.
Osbourne is trying to get back to full guard.
Maddox wants to lay and pray for a moment but Osbourne keeps working.
Osbourne wants to improve his position but Maddox is controlling well.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Maddox seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Osbourne does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Osbourne is pressing down on Maddox's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Osbourne had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Maddox defends it easily.
Maddox trying to control the position from guard on top but Osbourne is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Osbourne wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
Osbourne has momentary wrist control but Maddox slips an elbow through the middle.
Maddox is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Osbourne looking to control.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Osbourne has a takedown stuffed.
Osbourne on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Maddox. Maddox obviously looking to wear him down.
Maddox darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Good shot there by Maddox.
Maddox cracks Osbourne with an open hand slap.
Osbourne throws a big shot that misses.
Osbourne throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Osbourne moves out of range of the leg kick from Maddox.
Osbourne with a jab.
Maddox blocks a jab.
Maddox throws the kick towards the body but Osbourne avoids it.
Osbourne misses with a hook.
A telegraphed right hand from Osbourne misses the target.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Osbourne shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Maddox is trying to defend but Osbourne finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Maddox trying to control but Osbourne postures up.
Osbourne wants to control but Maddox is keeping him busy.
Maddox tries to roll over but Osbourne keeps him under control.
Osbourne is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Maddox wants to control but Osbourne is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Maddox looking for submissions off his back.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Osbourne works his way into side control.
Osbourne cracks Maddox with a big right hand but Maddox just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Osbourne goes for an armbar here - this could be all over! But no, Maddox has escaped beautifully and is now on top in side control! Oh, that's unlucky for Osbourne but great work by Maddox.
Osbourne is trying to get back to half guard.
Maddox landing strikes.
You can see the frustration on Osbourne's face as Maddox controls the position.
Maddox working the head with strikes.
Maddox working the head with strikes.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Osbourne tries to buck Maddox off but Maddox is having none of it.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Osbourne is working to avoid the ground and pound but Maddox connects with a decent elbow.
Osbourne wants to control but Maddox postures up.
Maddox lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Osbourne down.
Maddox lands a few punches from side control.
Maddox scores with punches from side control.
Osbourne is looking for a sweep.
Maddox trying to control the action but Osbourne is working from the bottom.
Osbourne is looking to regain half guard here but Maddox keeps moving and retains side control.
Osbourne is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Maddox scoring with punches from side control.
Osbourne is looking for a sweep.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Maddox working the ground and pound.
Maddox scoring with punches from side control.
Maddox looks up at the clock and then as Osbourne takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Maddox smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Maddox landing a few strikes.
Osbourne is looking for a sweep.
Maddox is looking to take a break and control but Osbourne is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Osbourne taking punishment in the form of punches.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Maddox scores with punches from side control.
Osbourne sneaks back into half guard.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Maddox lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Maddox lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Maddox takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
Osbourne is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Maddox pulls his head out easily.
Maddox scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Osbourne is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Osbourne actively working from the bottom here.
Maddox passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for Osbourne!
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Osbourne taking shots to the head.
Maddox scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Maddox lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Osbourne hang on?
Maddox looking to control but Osbourne is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Maddox lands a heavy elbow.
Maddox lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Osbourne hang on?
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Osbourne really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Maddox landing shots from mount.
Maddox controlling from the full mount.
Osbourne is trying to escape the mount.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Otto Maddox dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Oleg Osbourne's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Osbourne moves away from the strike by Maddox.
A momentary lapse in concentration from Maddox enables Osbourne to shoot in and score with a neat double leg. Maddox manages to secure a closed guard as the fighters hit the mat.
Osbourne stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Maddox swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Osbourne missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Osbourne pushes down on Maddox's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Maddox moves into full guard.
Osbourne trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Maddox is on top in guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Maddox postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Maddox stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Osbourne swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Osbourne is trying to hold Maddox in close to prevent damage but Maddox has managed to pass into half guard.
Osbourne gets full guard.
Osbourne working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Maddox doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Maddox manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Osbourne keeping moving, preventing Maddox from controlling successfully.
Osbourne wants to sweep here but Maddox controlling him for the moment.
Maddox passes easily into side control. Nice work.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Maddox creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
Osbourne manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.
Maddox trying to control from half guard but Osbourne is working away.
Osbourne works his way to full guard. Good work.
Maddox pushing down on Osbourne's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Maddox looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Osbourne tries to roll over but Maddox keeps him under control.
Maddox lands strikes from half guard.
Osbourne wants to improve his position but Maddox is controlling well.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Maddox is looking to take a break and control but Osbourne is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Maddox works his way into side control.
Maddox trying to control the action but Osbourne is working from the bottom.
Osbourne is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.
Osbourne won't allow Maddox to pass to mount.
Osbourne tries to roll over but Maddox keeps him under control.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Maddox working over Osbourne with some ground and pound. Osbourne looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Osbourne slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Maddox slips nicely into half guard.
Maddox wants to free his trapped foot but Osbourne is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Osbourne makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Osbourne.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Osbourne working away from the bottom but not quite defensive enough there because Maddox has passed into half guard!
Osbourne is breathing heavily.
Osbourne wants to get back to full guard.
Maddox is trying to control the action in half guard but Osbourne is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Osbourne manages to get to full guard.
Maddox stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Osbourne swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Osbourne keeping moving, preventing Maddox from controlling successfully.
Osbourne is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Osbourne keeping full guard, as Maddox tries to pass.
Osbourne is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Maddox defends well.
Osbourne keeping moving, preventing Maddox from controlling successfully.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Maddox landing some decent shots from guard.
Osbourne looking for a guillotine here but Maddox defends easily.
Maddox wants to control from the top but Osbourne keeps moving.
Osbourne has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Maddox can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Osbourne avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Maddox has a momentary lapse of concentration, allowing Osbourne to throw up a leg and lock on what appears to be a pretty tight triangle! Maddox is fighting it off but it's all too little too late - Osbourne pulls down on the head and he's put Maddox to sleep! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 7:23 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle). Oleg Osbourne!
Oleg Osbourne is the new middleweight champion!
During a confident post fight interview, Oleg Osbourne thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
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