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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Tyson Asakura (ranked 708 p4p, 791 weight class) and Louis Princip (ranked 106 p4p, 120 weight class). Asakura comes to the cage accompanied by JJBA - Giorno's Theme. Princip is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Lord of This World by Black Sabbath. I don't know about you partner, but I'm pumped for this one!
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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 15 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Tyson Asakura!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 23 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Louis Princip!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Percy O'Donnell and Frank Antenori.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Asakura misses with a straight left.
Princip scores with a nice head shot.
Asakura is looking to clinch.
Asakura throws an overhand right that lands on Princip's shoulder, as Princip tries to avoid the shot.
As Asakura backs off Princip throws a huge counter combo but Asakura manages to avoid it all.
Princip swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Asakura counters with a straight right hand.
Some bone on bone action there as Princip checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Princip misses with a series of wild punches.
Asakura fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Princip checks it well.
Asakura throws a nice outside leg kick.
Princip feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Asakuras jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Princip lands a body shot.
Asakura wants to slow Princip down by chopping away at his legs.
Decent striking displayed by Princip there.
Princip takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Princip defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Asakura.
Asakura keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Asakura moves out of range as Princip strikes.
Asakura has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Black Swans in the buildup to the fight.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Princip lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Princip darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Asakura throws a shot from downtown. Princip moves away and avoids it.
Princip misses with a wild body shot.
Asakura appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Asakura connects with an inside leg kick.
Princip throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
A swing and a miss from Asakura.
Asakura throws a nice looking combination but Princip bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Princip closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Louis Princip is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Princip misses with a two punch combination.
Princip connects with a nice looking jab.
Princip throws an off balance right hand
and Asakura counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Princip listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Princip bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Nice shot lands for Princip.
Princip is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Asakura had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into mush.
Princip throws a hook but Asakura blocks it.
A little feinted left hand from Asakura on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Princip lands a right hook to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Asakura on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Princip changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Princip connects with a right hand. Asakura shakes it off.
Princip throws a poor cross that misses
and Asakura counters with a straight right hand.
Princip works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Princip swings for the body but Asakura moves out of range.
Princip throws a body shot but no joy.
A little feinted left hand from Asakura on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Princip swings away with a body shot that misses
enabling Asakura to counter with a crisp jab.
Asakura uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Princip.
Asakura connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Princip misses with a straight left.
Asakura appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Asakura has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Princip finds it's way round the side to connect with Asakura's head.
A shot to the liver by Princip. Beautiful body shot.
Asakura connects with a looping right hand.
Asakura pushes Princip up against the cage in a clinch.
Princip lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Asakura backwards.
Asakura lands a left hand that snaps the head of Princip backwards.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Asakura misses with a punch on the inside.
Asakura lands a nice uppercut.
A head punch on the inside from Princip fails to land.
Asakura landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Princip blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Asakura pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Princip gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Asakura tries to clinch up but Princip circles away and keeps his distance.
Jab by Princip.
A looping hook to the body misses from Princip. Asakura does a little dance to reset his feet.
Princip lands a right hook to the body.
Princip slips a straight right by Asakura.
Asakura on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Princip misses with a wild body shot.
Asakura throwing a counter right hand but Princip manages to avoid it.
Asakura misses the jab.
A telegraphed right hand from Asakura misses the target.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Princip scores with a nice head shot.
A looping hook to the body misses from Princip. Asakura does a little dance to reset his feet.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Asakura uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Princip.
Princip connects with a right hand. Asakura shakes it off.
Princip looks to throw the jab but Asakura is out of range.
Princip fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Asakura manages to avoid it.
Princip bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Princip swings and misses with a hook to the body.
A decent looking cross lands there for Asakura.
Asakura shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Princip connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
A jab from Asakura misses.
Princip connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Princip swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Louis Princip seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Princip scores with a body shot.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Princip!
Princip ducks under a wild hook from Asakura.
Asakura ducks under a wild hook from Princip.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Louis Princip dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Asakura lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Asakura connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Asakura tries to clinch but Princip is having none of it.
Princip swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Princip throws a predictable looking body shot
and Asakura counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Princip slips a jab from Asakura.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Princip! But no joy.
Princip swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Princip comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Princip swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Princip lunges at Asakura with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Asakura's hand.
An inside leg kick from Asakura misses.
Princip ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Asakura is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Princip has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Princip throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Princip feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Asakuras jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Princip tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Asakura was well out of range. Poor timing from Princip.
Asakura is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Princip.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Asakura uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Princip.
Louis Princip seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Princip lands a nice hook to Asakura's body. Asakura takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
A left lands for Princip.
Asakura wants to land a leg kick but Princip is out of range.
Asakura misses with a series of wild punches.
Princip slips under a jab.
Asakura misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Princip fails with an attempt to clinch.
Asakura throws a hook but Princip blocks it.
Princip swats away the attempt to clinch by Asakura.
Princip lands a jab to the head.
Asakura closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Princip scores with a hook to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Asakura misses with the head strike.
Asakura lands a body shot.
Asakura tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Princip fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Asakura is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Princip is defending well for now.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Asakura misses with a short punch on the inside.
Princip working aggressively here.
Princip on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Asakura blocks a body shot from Princip.
Asakura misses with a hook from the clinch.
Princip tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Princip misses with the head strike.
Asakura lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Princip lands a nice uppercut.
Asakura has a couple of punches blocked by Princip.
Asakura's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Asakura moves out of range as Princip strikes.
Princip throws a hook but Asakura blocks it.
Princip slips under a jab from Asakura.
Asakura's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Princip connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Asakura scrambles back to his feet.
Princip throws a hook but Asakura blocks it.
An attempted straight right counter from Asakura misses the target.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Princip dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Princip throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Asakura tries to clinch but Princip moves out of range.
Princip misses with a double jab.
Nice jab there from Asakura.
A decent looking cross lands there for Princip.
Princip throws a hook but Asakura avoids it easily.
A jab lands there for Princip.
Asakura scores with a jab.
Asakura waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Princip.
Asakura tries to clinch there but Princip circles away.
Princip throws an overhand right that lands on Asakura's shoulder, as Asakura tries to avoid the shot.
Asakura looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Asakura uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Princip.
Asakura misses the jab.
Princip misses with a hook.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A looping hook to the body misses from Princip. Asakura does a little dance to reset his feet.
Princip takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Asakura drives through and clinches with Princip against the cage.
Asakura wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Princip lands a shoulder strike.
Princip scores with a shot to the side of Asakura's head.
Princip goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Tyson Asakura has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Princip doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Asakura escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Asakura looking to score a takedown here. Princip is defending well but Asakura drives through and ends up in Princip's guard.
Princip manages to escape and get back to his feet.
Princip misses with a lunging right hand
and Asakura counters with a nice uppercut.
Princip staying out of range there.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Princip lands a right hook to the body.
Asakura uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Princip.
Asakura keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Princip connects with a right hand. Asakura shakes it off.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Louis Princip will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!
Asakura throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Princip throws a right hand that misses
letting Asakura counter with a right hand.
Princip misses the shot to the body.
Asakura shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Princip's guard.
Princip wants to get back to his feet but he's too absorbed in his own little project and Asakura manages to pass to side control.
Princip is looking to escape.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Asakura trying to control the pace.
Princip is trying to stand.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Asakura trying to control from Princip's half guard. Princip has other ideas though and has regained full guard.
Asakura landing some decent shots from guard.
Princip keeping moving, preventing Asakura from controlling successfully.
Princip has managed to wall walk up one of the corner posts to get back to his feet. Asakura is pushing him up against the cage, looking to control the position.
Asakura misses with a hook from the clinch.
Asakura pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Asakura slips a straight right by Princip.
Asakura waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Princip.
Princip catches Asakura with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A telegraphed right hand from Princip misses the target.
Asakura throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
A jab from Princip does it's job there.
Jab, jab by Princip - just one landing.
Nice shot by Princip.
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!
Asakura takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Princip looks to score with a jab to the body but Asakura is just out of range.
Asakura displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Princip throws out the jab.
Asakura moves into the clinch.
A body shot lands from Princip.
Asakura prevents a body shot from Princip.
Princip tries to throw a body punch but Asakura avoids it by throwing Princip back against the cage.
Princip tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Princip managing to block the knees to the body from Asakura.
Asakura softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Asakura tries a body shot but Princip blocks it.
Princip lands a body punch in the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Asakura pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Princip stalks Asakura and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Asakura's face. Asakura staggers backwards, shaken.
Good exchange - Asakura coming out on top.
Princip connects with a body shot.
Princip thuds a left hand into Asakura's body.
Princip lands a jab to the head.
Princip is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Asakura.
Princip lands a body shot.
A lazy left from Princip finds it's target.
Princip throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Asakura uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Princip.
Asakura pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Princip misses with a looping right.
Asakura takes one on the button.
Princip on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Asakura wants to clinch up but Princip keeps it at a distance.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Asakura takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Princip connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Asakura momentarily.
A punch lands to the side of Asakura 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Asakura dodges the punch combination from Princip.
Princip avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Princip misses with an uppercut
and Asakura counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Princip loads up on a big right hand but Asakura slips the punch.
Asakura tries to clinch but Princip moves out of range.
Princip takes one to the side of the head.
Princip smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Asakura shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Asakura throws a poor cross that misses
and Princip counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Princip connects with a body shot that sends Asakura's belly button to the back.
Tyson Asakura has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Princip misses with a wild body shot.
And that's the end of the fight!
Louis Princip comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Princip winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 27:30
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 27:30
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Louis Princip!
A relieved looking Louis Princip 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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