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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Heishiro Mitsurugi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Geoffrey Barathean (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
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Brawler
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Heishiro Mitsurugi!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Geoffrey Barathean!
The judges for this bout are Tatsuya Matsuyama, Sosuke Kotani and Kenichi Hosakawa.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mitsurugi connects with an inside leg kick.
Mitsurugi fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Mitsurugi.
Mitsurugi thows a body shot but no joy.
Barathean tries for a takedown but Mitsurugi sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Mitsurugi lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Barathean takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Barathean looks winded!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Whack! Mitsurugi lands a heavy head kick that drops Barathean. The ref tackles Mitsurugi to stop the fight - a great save by the referee because Barathean was done.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:26 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Head Kick). Heishiro Mitsurugi!
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Yoshido Nakamara (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Nikoshima Watanabe (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Yoshido Nakamara!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Nikoshima Watanabe!
The judges for this bout are Tatsuya Matsuyama, Yukihiro Yamamoto and Yuuki Gou.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nakamara throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Watanabe was covering up waiting for the punch and Nakamara finishes the takedown easily into guard.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
Nakamara controls from within his opponent's guard.
Nakamara seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Watanabe for as long as he can get away with.
Nakamara drops back, looking for a kneebar! Watanabe looks panicked! The fighters roll across the mat, one looking to finish, one looking to escape. Watanabe looks to have wriggled free... Yes, he's got his leg free and he's dived into side control! Good work there from Watanabe!
Watanabe is trying to get an arm triangle but Nakamara is defending well.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Watanabe is trying to ground and pound but Nakamara uses the momentary lack of control by Watanabe to regain half guard.
Nakamara controlling the position for now.
Watanabe thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Nakamara's head.
Nakamara is trying to stand back up but Watanabe is controlling him
Watanabe thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Watanabe prevents Nakamara from standing back up.
Watanabe thows a huge punch but Nakamara dodges it nicely.
Nakamara looks to be in better condition than last time we saw him fight. Obviously he's been working hard on his cardio.
Watanabe is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Nakamara has managed to free his arm - good work.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Watanabe prevents Nakamara from standing back up.
Nakamara trying desperately to get back to his feet here but he's not having any joy at all. He's going to tire himself out if he's not careful.
Nakamara is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Watanabe is looking to advance position but Nakamara won't allow it.
Nakamara is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Nakamara blocking the ground and pound attempt from Watanabe.
Watanabe missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Watanabe missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Nakamara is trying to maintain the position but Watanabe is very close to passing his half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are battling for position here. Nakamara manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Watanabe trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Nakamara preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Watanabe stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Nakamara swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Watanabe postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Nakamara trying to control the position here.
Watanabe drops back for a leg but he's not going to get it - he lets go and Nakamara dives on top into guard.
We've been informed that Watanabe has been working hard on his conditioning in the buildup to the fight.
Watanabe looks winded!
Nakamara sitting in guard, not really doing much.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Yoshido Nakamara has forced the referee to step in and bring the fight back to the feet.
Nakamara closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Nakamara lands in his opponent's guard.
Nakamara thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Nakamara controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Yoshido Nakamara dominated that round.
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.
Nakamara feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Nakamara throwing strikes from guard but Watanabe blocks nicely.
Nakamara seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The ref stands the fighters back up. Yoshido Nakamara wasn't doing enough on the ground.
Nakamara fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Nikoshima Watanabe is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Watanabe wants to clinch up but Nakamara keeps it at a distance.
Nakamara circles away from the clinch attempt.
Watanabe looks to clinch
and Nakamara counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Nakamara looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Nakamara is trying to work for a kimura but Watanabe is defending well.
Nakamara controlling the action here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.
Nakamara prevents Watanabe from standing back up.
We're going to have a standup here because Yoshido Nakamara wasn't active enough for the referee's liking.
Nakamara swats away the attempt to clinch by Watanabe.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Watanabe is looking to clinch but Nakamara is avoiding it.
Nikoshima Watanabe seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Watanabe wants to clinch
and Nakamara counters with a takedown into side control.
Nakamara tries to advance to mount but Watanabe denies him.
You can see the frustration on Watanabe's face as Nakamara controls the position.
Nakamara advances nicely into full mount.
Nakamara goes for an armbar but Watanabe turns quickly into his guard - lovely anticipation from Watanabe.
Watanabe scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Watanabe with a flurry of punches that miss.
Nakamara working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Watanabe.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Watanabe is breathing heavily.
Watanabe is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Watanabe scoring with punches to the head and body.
Nakamara working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Watanabe doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Oh but Nakamara is tightening it up a little... Watanabe has to be careful here... He's got his foot tucked under now, this looks tight! Watanabe reacted too slowly and this one could be over in a matter of seconds! YES! Watanabe taps out! Nice BJJ there by Nakamara!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:43 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle Choke). Yoshido Nakamara!
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Dark Vengeance (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kanchai Suya (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Dark Vengeance has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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BJJ White Belt
Solid Muay Thai
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Dark Vengeance!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Kanchai Suya!
The judges for this bout are Yuuki Gou, Sosuke Kotani and Yukihiro Yamamoto.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Suya changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Suya keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Suya listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
It looks like Dark Vengeance has been cut.
Vengeance has managed to clinch.
Vengeance pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Suya.
Suya swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Suya lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Our sources have told us that Vengeance has been working on his elbows in the gym.
Suya blocks a body shot from Vengeance.
Vengeance lands a hook to the side of the head.
Suya misses with some punches.
Suya avoiding damage as Vengeance throws knees 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!
Suya unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Suya lands a shoulder strike.
Suya lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Vengeance swings wildly with an uppercut but Suya uses good head movement to avoid it.
Suya on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Suya lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Vengeance lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Suya on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Vengeance tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Suya avoids it.
Suya blocks a punch to the side of the head.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Suya creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Suya blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Vengeance misses with the head strike.
Suya putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Vengeance in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Suya on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Vengeance tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Vengeance can't find room to land a body shot as Suya controls the action.
Suya avoiding damage as Vengeance throws knees to the body.
Vengeance misses with a knee strike.
Vengeance stalling in the clinch but Suya improves position.
Suya lands a nice uppercut.
Suya lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Vengeance is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Suya is defending well for now.
A head punch on the inside from Vengeance fails to land.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Suya unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Vengeance is breathing heavily.
A nice right hand lands inside from Suya.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Suya lands a good knee to the midsection. Vengeance won't want to take too many of those.
Vengeance misses with an elbow over the top.
Vengeance misses with some punches.
Suya makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Suya lands with a short shot to the head.
Vengeance misses with an elbow strike.
Suya lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Vengeance backwards.
Vengeance is rocked!
Vengeance looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Oh Vengeance is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Suya throws a big uppercut that drops Vengeance! More strikes from Suya and the referee jumps in to stop the fight! Vengeance lies dazed against the cage as Suya celebrates with his cornermen!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:35 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Kanchai Suya!
Kanchai Suya decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Buan Chaka (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ed Fazio (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Fazio is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by The Mob Rules. Ed Fazio will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Buan Chaka !
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Ed Fazio!
The judges for this bout are Yuuki Gou, Sosuke Kotani and Yasuomi Hirokawa.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Fazio takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Fazio scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Chaka doesn't seem bothered though.
Chaka fails with a takedown attempt.
Fazio stuffs the takedown.
Fazio fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Chaka , pushing him back against the cage.
Chaka manages to break the clinch.
Chaka wants to clinch up but Fazio keeps it at a distance.
Fazio throws a shot to the body.
Good exchange - Fazio coming out on top.
Fazio darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
A decent looking cross lands there for Fazio.
Chaka definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Fazio.
Fazio scores with a decent looking hook.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Fazio fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Chaka on the side of the head.
Fazio closes the distance and after a bit of a stuggle, scores a takedown into Chaka 's guard.
Fazio throws a big elbow that misses.
Chaka has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Fazio can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Fazio wants to control from the top but Chaka keeps moving.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Chaka is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Fazio is aware though and is defending well.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Chaka utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Chaka working for a triangle but Fazio defends it easily.
Fazio must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Fazio lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Chaka working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Fazio doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Oh but Chaka is tightening it up a little... Fazio has to be careful here... He's got his foot tucked under now, this looks tight! Fazio reacted too slowly and this one could be over in a matter of seconds! YES! Fazio taps out! Nice BJJ there by Chaka !
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:43 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle Choke). Buan Chaka !
During a confident post fight interview, Buan Chaka thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
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