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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Saint Arai (ranked 3297 p4p, 4609 weight class) and Ricardo Gonzalez (ranked 224 p4p, 292 weight class). Gonzalez has chosen Ultra Instinct as his entrance music. Man, I cannot wait for this one!
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
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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 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Saint Arai!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Ricardo Gonzalez!
The judges for this bout are Yasuomi Hirokawa, Tatsuya Matsuyama and Taro Takaoka.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gonzalez misses the shot to the body.
Gonzalez lands a head shot.
Gonzalez lands a nice looking body shot.
Gonzalez slips a straight right by Arai.
Gonzalez scores with a crisp jab that stopped Arai in his tracks.
Gonzalez throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Arai swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Gonzalez uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Arai.
Arai definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Arai misses with a series of wild punches.
Gonzalez is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Gonzalez punishes Arai's body with a nice straight punch.
Arai fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Gonzalez manages to avoid it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Gonzalez drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Gonzalez lands a jab.
Gonzalez rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Arai counters with a nice uppercut.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Arai throws a jab but it's blocked by Gonzalez.
Gonzalez lands a head shot.
Gonzalez thows a left - swing and a miss!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Arai takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Arai slips a straight right by Gonzalez.
Arai drops his hands momentarily and Gonzalez takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Gonzalez lunges at Arai with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Arai's hand.
Arai ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Gonzalez moves away.
Gonzalez misses with a body shot
enabling Arai to counter with a crisp jab.
Arai swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Gonzalez throws out a counter right but Arai avoids it with no problem.
Arai stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Gonzalez swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Gonzalez uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Arai has time to react.
A looping hook to the body misses from Arai. Gonzalez does a little dance to reset his feet.
Ricardo Gonzalez seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Gonzalez fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Arai uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Gonzalez.
Arai looks to score with a jab to the body but Gonzalez is just out of range.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Gonzalez moves out of range of the strikes.
Gonzalez thows a left - swing and a miss!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Arai fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Gonzalez manages to avoid it.
Arai throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Arai lands a nice hook to Gonzalez's body. Gonzalez takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Gonzalez misses the body punch
and Arai counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Gonzalez thinking.
Arai misses with a body shot.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Gonzalez, as that shot connected.
Gonzalez misses the shot to the body.
Nice uppercut lands for Arai. That snapped Gonzalez's head back.
Gonzalez smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Arai uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Gonzalez.
Arai ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Gonzalez misses with an uppercut
and Arai cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Arai keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A slow jab from Gonzalez misses its intended target.
Gonzalez takes a swing at Arai's ribcage but misses.
Arai scores with a punch to the head.
Gonzalez scores with a nice strike.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Arai scores with a jab to the body.
Arai scores with a shot to the body.
Arai looks to score with a jab to the body but Gonzalez is just out of range.
Gonzalez misses with a lunging right hand
and Arai cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Arai throws out a loose jab but Gonzalez uses good head movement to avoid it.
Gonzalez misses with a body shot.
Arai tries to move into range but Gonzalez moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Gonzalez throws a body punch but Arai moves out of range.
Gonzalez is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Arai throws an overhand right that lands on Gonzalez's shoulder, as Gonzalez tries to avoid the shot.
Gonzalez scores with a crisp jab that stopped Arai in his tracks.
Gonzalez tries to clinch up
and Arai counters with a nice uppercut.
Gonzalez throws a jab when Arai was well out of range.
Arai throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
A countering left hand to the body from Gonzalez misses.
Gonzalez misses the body punch
enabling Arai to counter with a crisp jab.
That's four 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!
Arai lands a nice shot that snaps Gonzalez's head back.
Gonzalez stuns Arai with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Gonzalez uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Arai.
Arai lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Gonzalez scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Arai defending well as Gonzalez loads up on a big left hand.
Gonzalez tries to clinch there but Arai circles away.
Arai takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Arai fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Gonzalez swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Gonzalez throws a shot from downtown. Arai moves away and avoids it.
Gonzalez cracks Arai with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Gonzalez ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Arai moves away.
A little feinted left hand from Arai on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Arai ducks under a wild hook from Gonzalez.
Arai just misses with a punch to the body.
Arai staying out of range there.
Left hook, right uppercut from Arai.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Arai throws a series of punches but Gonzalez moves out of range.
Gonzalez fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Arai, pushing him back against the ropes.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Gonzalez.
Gonzalez misses with a hook from the clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Arai.
A head punch on the inside from Gonzalez fails to land.
Gonzalez misses with a short punch on the inside.
Gonzalez has a couple of punches blocked by Arai.
Gonzalez lands a left hand.
Arai pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
A big left from Gonzalez misses.
Gonzalez is pinned up against the ropes taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Gonzalez keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Arai.
A jab from Arai misses.
Arai swings and misses with a hook to the body.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Gonzalez looks to land a left hand but Arai moved out of range nicely.
Gonzalez throws a body shot but no joy.
As Gonzalez looks to move away, Arai throws a big counter combo but Gonzalez just gets out of the way.
Arai lands a jab-cross combination.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Gonzalez lands with a straight right. Arai didn't see that one coming.
Arai swings for the body but Gonzalez moves out of range.
Gonzalez scores with a jab to the body.
Gonzalez swings for the body but Arai moves out of range.
Gonzalez waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Arai.
Gonzalez moves out of range as Arai strikes.
Gonzalez let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Arai bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Gonzalez's head backwards.
Gonzalez lands a glancing blow to the side of Arai's head.
Gonzalez slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Arai takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
A nice combination there by Arai.
Gonzalez ducks under a wild hook from Arai.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Arai moves away from the strike by Gonzalez.
Gonzalez lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
The fight stays on the outside here - Gonzalez looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
A counter left hand to the body from Arai misses its target.
Gonzalez throws a hook but Arai avoids it easily.
Gonzalez throws a right hand that misses
and Arai connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
A looping hook to the body misses from Arai. Gonzalez does a little dance to reset his feet.
Gonzalez throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
It looked like Arai wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Arai drops his hands momentarily and Gonzalez takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Gonzalez has Arai up against the ropes in a clinch.
Gonzalez misses with a short punch on the inside.
Gonzalez misses with a punch on the inside.
Gonzalez misses with some punches.
Gonzalez misses with a hook from the clinch.
Arai tries to break the clinch but Gonzalez is controlling the position.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Arai blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Gonzalez misses with the head strike.
Gonzalez misses with a hook from the clinch.
Gonzalez misses with a hook from the clinch.
Gonzalez tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Gonzalez misses with a punch on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Gonzalez.
Gonzalez tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Gonzalez lands with a short head shot on the inside.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Gonzalez lands a right hand that snaps the head of Arai backwards.
Arai looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Gonzalez has a couple of punches blocked by Arai.
Arai tries to stall but Gonzalez uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Arai blocking some punches.
Gonzalez goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Gonzalez swings wildly with an uppercut but Arai uses good head movement to avoid it.
Gonzalez has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Arai seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Gonzalez can turn it around.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
A head punch on the inside from Gonzalez fails to land.
Gonzalez misses with a punch on the inside.
Arai wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Gonzalez has him pressed against the ropes.
Arai breaks from the clinch.
Arai rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Gonzalez moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Arai steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Gonzalez.
Gonzalez moves into the clinch.
Gonzalez fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Gonzalez misses with a short punch on the inside.
Arai blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Gonzalez misses with the head strike.
Gonzalez misses with a punch on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Gonzalez fails to land.
A head punch on the inside from Gonzalez fails to land.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Ricardo Gonzalez will probably get the nod.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare each other down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!
Arai scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Gonzalez staying out of range there.
Arai misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Gonzalez.
Gonzalez looks to land a right hand but Arai moved out of range.
Gonzalez connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Arai throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Gonzalez sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Arai connects with a looping right hand.
Nice jab there from Gonzalez.
Arai lands a head shot.
Gonzalez ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Gonzalez throws a lazy uppercut
and Arai counters with a two punch combo.
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!
Arai lands with a shot to the body.
Arai lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Arai lands a jab to Gonzalez's midsection.
Gonzalez throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Gonzalez swings widly with a right hand
and Arai cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gonzalez blocks a jab.
Jab, jab by Gonzalez - just one landing.
Arai misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Gonzalez.
Arai swings for the body but Gonzalez moves out of range.
Gonzalez takes a swing at Arai's ribcage but misses.
Arai misses with an uppercut. Gonzalez saw that one coming.
Gonzalez lands a jab to the head.
Gonzalez throws a hook to the side of Arai's head but Arai sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Arai throwing a counter right hand but Gonzalez manages to avoid it.
Gonzalez swings away with a body shot that misses
and Arai counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Gonzalez tries to move into range but Arai moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Arai fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Gonzalez manages to avoid it.
Gonzalez swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Gonzalez throws a predictable looking body shot
and Arai counters with a nice uppercut.
Gonzalez is rocked!
Gonzalez throws a lazy uppercut
and Arai counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Gonzalez is still on wobbly legs! Can Arai finish him?
Gonzalez connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Gonzalez seems to have recovered his senses.
Gonzalez misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Arai counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Arai lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Arai scores with a sloppy right hand. Gonzalez should have avoided that one.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nice body punch from Arai.
Arai circles and sees the opportunity to plant his feet and throw a really nice straight left hand that drops Gonzalez to the canvas! Gonzalez doesn't know where he is but he's trying to survive - Arai keeps piling on the pressure and forces the referee to step in! This one is aaaaaall over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:12 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Saint Arai!
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energy
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