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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Taylor Jack (ranked 57 p4p, 184 weight class) and Mama Tosen (ranked 7 p4p, 22 weight class). Jack's entrance music is Lucid Dreams. A fine choice. Mama Tosen has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Taylor Jack's chin.
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33 - 17 - 2 |
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177 cm
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150
17 - 11 - 0 |
Great wrestler
World class boxer
Very quick |
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Excellent grappler
World class MT
Granite chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the featherweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 33 - 17 - 2, fighting out of Montreal, Taylor Jack!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 17 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Mama Tosen!
The judges for this bout are Ben Watson, Bruno Hogan and Ben Hemmingworth.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jack jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Jack misses with a wild body shot.
Jack has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Jack misses with a leg kick.
Tosen looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Tosen throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Jack with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Jack ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Good leg kick by Jack.
Jack tried to score with a low kick but Tosen checks it.
Tosen moves out of range of the strikes.
Jack lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Jack scores with a nice strike.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Tosen crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Jack - the referee stops the clock and Tosen gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Jack. Tosen manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Tosen 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.
Tosen misses with a low kick.
Jack fires out a quick counter leg kick but Tosen just manages to avoid it.
Tosen throws a jab but it's blocked by Jack.
A cross from Jack lands.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tosen rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Jack moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Jack appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Tosen blocks a jab.
Jack showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Tosen.
Jack lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Jack uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Tosen.
Tosen has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Jack scores with a nice right hand.
Tosen looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Jack checks a leg kick nicely.
Taylor Jack seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Tosen swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Tosen takes one on the button.
An inside leg kick lands from Jack.
Tosen thumps Jack with a low kick.
Tosen keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Jack.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jack checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Tosen lands with a nice body kick.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Jack cracks Tosen with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Jack misses with an uppercut
and Tosen counters with an outside leg kick.
Jack scores with a jab to the jaw.
Jack throws a leg kick which misses Tosen's front leg but catches the back leg as Tosen tries to avoid it.
Nice cross by Jack.
Tosen misses with a straight right.
Tosen connects with a leg kick.
Tosen takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Jack gets off balance looking for a body kick
and Tosen counters with a good, hard body kick but Jack shrugs it off.
Tosen misses with a lunging right hand
and Jack counters with a nice uppercut.
Jack throws a big shot that misses.
Tosen slips a straight right by Jack.
Tosen misses with an uppercut. Jack saw that one coming.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The fighters circle momentarily. Tosen darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Jack dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Tosen. That did some damage!
Tosen misses with a jab to the body
and Jack counters with an inside leg kick.
Jack is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Tosen 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.
Jack wants to land a leg kick but Tosen is out of range.
Tosen takes a swing at Jack's ribcage but misses.
Jack feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Tosen staying out of range there.
Tosen works the jab nicely.
Tosen is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Jack is looking to land body kicks.
Jack looks to land a right hand but Tosen moved out of range.
A big left from Tosen misses.
Jack scoring well with a low kick there.
Tosen's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Jack tries to score with a low kick but Tosen moves his leg out of the way.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A cross from Jack lands.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Tosen lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Jack throws a leg kick but Tosen moved away.
Jack thumps Tosen with a low kick.
Jack cracks Tosen with a good jab.
Jack connects with a good right hand that stumbles Tosen. Tosen circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Tosen throws the left hand but Jack avoids the punch easily.
Jack dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Tosen avoids the body shot from Jack.
Tosen misses with a kick to the body.
Tosen throws a solid leg kick but Jack takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Tosen.
Tosen tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Jack throws an overhand right that lands on Tosen's shoulder, as Tosen tries to avoid the shot.
Tosen tries a quick counter leg kick but Jack is wise to it.
A looping hook to the body misses from Tosen. Jack does a little dance to reset his feet.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A swing and a miss from Jack.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Taylor Jack dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Tosen steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Jack.
Taylor Jack is winning the standup battle so far.
Tosen slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Tosen tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Jack misses with a low kick.
An inside leg kick from Tosen misses.
Tosen throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Tosen throws a leg kick
and Jack counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Jack lands with a right hand.
Jack pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Tosen throws a low kick, looking for Jack's leg but Jack calmly moves out of range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A low kick lands for Jack.
Jack slips under a jab from Tosen.
Tosen walks into a straight right hand from Jack.
Jack scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Jack is looking to clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jack slips under a jab from Tosen.
Tosen looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Tosen misses with a straight left.
Jack looks to land a body kick but Tosen moved away.
Jack pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Tosen tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Jack swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Tosen circles away from the clinch attempt.
Tosen tries to clinch but Jack moves out of range.
Jack was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Jack.
Jack displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Tosen throws out the jab.
Jack blocks a jab.
A big left from Jack misses.
Tosen throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Tosen misses with a wild body shot.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jack darts in and clinches Tosen up against the cage.
Jack tries to throw a body punch but Tosen avoids it by throwing Jack back against the cage.
Jack swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Tosen keeps control of Jack as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Jack misses with the head strike.
Tosen lands a right hand.
Jack breaks the clinch.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Jack punishes Tosen's body with a nice straight punch.
Jack throws a jab but it's blocked by Tosen.
Tosen throws a push kick but Jack slaps the foot to one side.
Jack tests Tosen's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Jack misses with a hook.
Tosen throws out a leg kick but Jack moves out of range and Tosen only half commits.
Jack is looking to chop away at Tosen's legs.
Jack is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Tosen can do to turn this around?
Jack throws out a loose jab but Tosen uses good head movement to avoid it.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Tosen! But no joy.
Tosen jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
It looks like Taylor Jack has been cut.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jack scoring well with a low kick there.
Tosen just misses with a punch to the body.
Tosen bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Tosen keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Jack.
Tosen pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Jack throws out a leg kick but Tosen moves out of range and Jack only half commits.
Jack moves away from the strike by Tosen.
Jack fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Tosen checks it well.
Jack tries to clinch up.
An inside leg kick from Tosen misses.
Tosen thows a leg kick but Jack checks it
and Tosen takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Jack misses with a low kick.
Tosen throws out a counter right but Jack avoids it with no problem.
Jack lands with a nice body kick.
Jack moves out of range of the body kick from Tosen.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jack works Tosen's body with a nice hook.
Tosen slips under a jab from Jack.
Tosen tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Jack was well out of range. Poor timing from Tosen.
A low kick lands for Jack.
Jack digs a good hook to Tosen's body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Jack lands a really nice looking cross but Tosen seems unphased.
Jack gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Jack has had enough of the clinch but Tosen keeps him there for the moment.
Jack has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Jack lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Tosen backwards.
A short left from Tosen.
Tosen lands with a light punch inside.
Tosen lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Tosen lands a left hand that snaps the head of Jack backwards.
Tosen blocking some punches.
Jack's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Tosen lands with a left to the head.
Jack swings away with an uppercut that misses.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Taylor Jack dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Taylor Jack's cut.
That's time! Jack's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Jack misses with a hook
and Tosen counters with a solid body kick.
A lazy left from Tosen finds it's target.
A swing and a miss from Jack.
A little jabbing left from Tosen on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Jack scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Jack lands with a thumping leg kick.
Jack throws a leg kick which misses Tosen's front leg but catches the back leg as Tosen tries to avoid it.
Jack takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Jack bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Jack chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Tosen can pounce on him.
Tosen throws a solid leg kick but Jack takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Tosen.
Jack swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Tosen's jab looks to have found its range, popping Jack under the eye.
Jack scores with a nice body kick.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Jack scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Jack throws a leg kick
and Tosen counters with a slapping leg kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jack punishes Tosen's body with a nice straight punch.
Tosen feints and then cracks Jack's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Jack down.
A chopping leg kick lands by Tosen.
Tosen avoids the body shot from Jack.
Jack throws a lazy uppercut
and Tosen counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Tosen connects with a single shot there.
Jack is rocked!
Jack swings widly with a right hand
and Tosen counters with a crisp right that sends Jack to the canvas! Tosen follows up with punches from the mount and this one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:32 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Mama Tosen!
Mama Tosen is the new featherweight champion!
Mama Tosen seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.
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energy
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hype
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