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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Van Chan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Slusken Musk (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chan's entrance music is Numb. A fine choice. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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205 lbs
12 - 6 - 0 |
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190 cm
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220 lbs
8 - 1 - 0 |
Dangerous GnP
Counter striker
Granite chin |
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Good wrestler
Brawler
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
12 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Van Chan!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
8 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Slusken Musk!
The judges for this bout are Yasuomi Hirokawa, Taro Takaoka and Shigeki Sano.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Musk misses with a left hand
and Musk takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Musk throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Chan connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Musk changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Chan looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Chan tries to buck Musk off but Musk is having none of it.
Musk postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
Chan is looking for a sweep.
Musk gets to mount! Chan was on the offensive and wasn't defending properly.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Musk cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Chan regains half guard.
Chan tries to strike from the bottom but it doesn't land.
Chan wants to control but Musk passes into side.
Chan looking for a sweep but Musk has passed into full mount! Oh no!
Chan tries to hold on but Musk pushes him away.
Chan is working to get back to half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Chan is working hard here to advance position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Chan is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Chan is desperately trying to improve his position but Musk has a good base and remains in mount.
Musk lands a big shot there that rocks Chan but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Musk looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Chan tries to lock up and control but Musk gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Chan is looking to get to half guard.
Chan is breathing heavily.
Musk working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Chan is working to get back to half guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Musk pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Musk tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Chan is looking to improve his position but Musk isn't that keen on the idea.
Musk lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Musk controlling from mount.
Chan wants to control but Musk is having none of it.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Chan tries to get back to half guard but can't.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
A nice elbow there by Musk.
Musk working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Chan is looking to improve his position but Musk isn't that keen on the idea.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Musk controlling the pace for now.
Chan can't escape the position.
Musk trying to control but Chan is having none of it.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Chan really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Musk unloading with bombs!
Chan wants to hold on but Musk pushes him away.
Chan is looking to improve his position but Musk isn't that keen on the idea.
Musk has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Chan's face.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Chan is looking to get to half guard.
Chan is bucking up trying to escape but Musk cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Musk scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Chan is looking to improve his position but Musk isn't that keen on the idea.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Musk looking to control and managing it successfully.
Chan is in a horrible position here. Musk smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Chan is trying desperately to improve position.
Musk is working on an americana here. Ooh, that looks pretty nasty! Nope, Chan has managed to escape the submission attempt.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Slusken Musk dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Musk throws a lazy uppercut
and Chan cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Musk throws a right hand that misses
and Chan counters with a stiff right hand.
Musk misses with a right hand
and Chan counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Musk throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Chan connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Chan closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Musk quickly recovers to half guard.
Chan trying to control the action but Musk is working from the bottom.
Chan is looking to stall here but Musk recovers full guard.
Chan passes Musk's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Chan missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Chan throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Chan lands a nice short elbow.
Chan is controlling the pace.
Chan wants to pass to mount but Musk is defending the position.
Chan looks to land a strike but Musk avoids it nicely and regains full guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Musk trying to control the position.
Chan is looking to work some ground and pound but Musk has wrist control.
Musk has his foot on Chan's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Chan works his way back into a safe position though.
Chan postures up in Musk's guard and throws a big left but Musk blocks it.
Chan throws and elbow that misses. Musk uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Chan's guard. Nice move by Musk!
Chan looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Chan is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Musk controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Musk stopping the sweep attempt from Chan.
Chan is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Musk is aware though and is defending well.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Chan keeping moving, preventing Musk from controlling successfully.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Musk accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Musk trying to control but Chan is working from the bottom.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Musk preventing the sweep.
Chan keeping moving, preventing Musk from controlling successfully.
Musk postures up.
Chan is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Musk drops back looking for a leg! Chan is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Chan manages to kick Musk off! Musk jumps back into Chan's guard.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Chan is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Musk blocking the ground and pound attempt from Chan.
Chan is working hard to pass the guard. He's done it - he's now in full mount! Trouble for Musk!
Musk is bucking up trying to escape but Chan cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Chan misses with some ground and pound and Musk recovers position to half guard.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Chan looks to land a strike but Musk avoids it nicely and regains full guard.
Musk manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Musk unloading with bombs!
Musk trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Chan is looking to improve his position but Musk isn't that keen on the idea.
Chan is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Chan tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Chan wants to control but Musk is having none of it.
Chan is trying desperately to improve position.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Musk looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Chan is in a horrible position here. Musk smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Chan is desperately trying to improve his position but Musk has a good base and remains in mount.
Musk landing strikes from the mount.
Musk controlling from mount.
Chan is trying to escape the mount.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Musk tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Musk prevents Chan from getting the reversal.
Musk connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Van Chan will probably get the nod.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!
Musk misses the body punch
and Chan counters with a stiff right hand.
Van Chan is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Musk falls off balance throwing a combination
and Chan decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Musk's guard.
Chan trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Chan wanted to stand there but Musk had control of the position.
Chan thows a big elbow that misses.
Chan distracts Musk with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Chan is looking to work some ground and pound but Musk has wrist control.
Chan throws and elbow that misses. Musk uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Chan's guard. Nice move by Musk!
Musk is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Chan lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Musk!
Chan goes for an armbar but Musk turns quickly into his guard - lovely anticipation from Musk.
Musk avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Musk 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.
Musk working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Chan had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Musk defends it easily.
Musk trying to control but Chan is working from the bottom.
Slusken Musk has got the better of the ground game so far.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Chan looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Chan looking for a guillotine here but Musk defends easily.
Musk engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
Chan has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Musk can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Musk stays in close to Chan's body and controls the position.
Chan wants to sweep but no luck.
Musk trying to control the position from guard on top but Chan is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Chan had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Musk defends it easily.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Musk looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Chan throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Musk missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Musk got a little sloppy there for a moment and Chan has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Musk has managed to get both his arms back between Chan's legs - danger averted.
Chan being controlled here, momentarily.
Chan manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Musk manages to get himself to full guard.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Chan accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Musk utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Chan trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Chan postures up in Musk's guard and throws a big left but Musk blocks it.
Chan trying to control the position from guard on top but Musk is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Musk lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Chan!
Chan is trying desperately to improve position.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Musk controlling his opponent.
Chan is looking to improve his position but Musk isn't that keen on the idea.
Chan flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.
Chan tries to hold on but Musk postures up.
Musk can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Chan is looking to escape.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Musk is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully.
Chan swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.
Chan is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Chan flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.
Chan is working to get back to half guard.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Van Chan.
I think Chan has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Yasuomi Hirokawa scores the fight for Slusken Musk!
Judge Taro Takaoka scores the fight for Slusken Musk!
Judge Shigeki Sano scores the fight for Slusken Musk!
Slusken Musk wins by unanimous decision!
Slusken Musk is the new light heavyweight champion!
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energy
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hype
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FIGHT
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