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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Koji Okano (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Seth Strange (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Okano's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Aalto - Resolution. The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.
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BJJ Blue Belt
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BJJ Purple Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
8 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Koji Okano!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
8 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Seth Strange!
The judges for this bout are Chris Downing, Gwen Towbar and Tiny Johnson.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Strange lands a jab to Okano's midsection.
Strange looks to score with a jab to the body but Okano is just out of range.
Strange throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Strange stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Okano.
Okano doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Strange swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Strange jabs Okano to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Okano connects with an inside leg kick.
Okano goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Okano scoring well with a low kick there.
Okano with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Strange lands with a nice body punch.
Okano connects with a leg kick. Strange looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Strange cracks Okano with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Okano throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Seth Strange seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Okano throws a nice outside leg kick.
Okano thows a body kick. Strange tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Strange connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Strange looks to score with a jab to the body but Okano is just out of range.
Strange throws a predictable looking body shot
and Okano counters with a slapping leg kick.
Okano keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Strange is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Okano rather than just go for the knockout.
Strange connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Okano fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Strange has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Strange looks gassed!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Okano takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Okano throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Strange on the side of the head.
Okano scores with a jab to the head.
Strange throws a big shot that misses.
Okano keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Strange tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Okano was well out of range. Poor timing from Strange.
Okano connects with an inside leg kick.
Okano misses with a low kick.
Strange misses with a wild body shot.
Okano throws a body kick that misses.
Okano throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Okano with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Okano delivers a nice body kick.
A swing and a miss from Strange.
A slapping leg kick lands for Okano.
Okano misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Okano throws out a leg kick but Strange moves out of range and Okano only half commits.
Okano throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Strange's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Okano scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Okano motions for Strange to come forward. Okano throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Strange blocks a leg kick.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Okano, right into the meat.
Okano buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Okano lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Strange has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Strange and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Okano uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Strange.
Strange blocks a leg kick.
Okano connects with a solid leg kick.
Okano looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Okano swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Okano lands a nice looking body shot.
Strange moves out of range of the body kick from Okano.
Okano connects with a body shot.
Okano lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
A punch combination from Strange misses.
Okano turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
A slapping leg kick lands for Okano.
Okano thuds his shin into the meat of Strange's side.
A good leg kick by Okano.
Okano fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Okano lands a leg kick that knocks Strange off balance momentarily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Okano throws a leg kick but Strange moved away.
Okano lands a head kick. Strange smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Strange on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Okano slips a jab and a cross from Strange.
Okano lunges at Strange with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Strange's hand.
Strange takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Strange 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.
Strange 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.
Okano swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Okano fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Strange.
Okano thows a body kick. Strange tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Okano looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Okano feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Strange's calf.
Okano fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Strange.
Okano swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Okano finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Okano looks to score with a jab to the body but Strange is just out of range.
Okano uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Strange.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Strange blocks a low kick nicely.
Okano throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Okano jabs at Strange's body.
Okano throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Strange misses the body punch
and Okano counters with a stiff right hand.
A nice leg kick lands there from Okano.
Okano is looking to score with low kicks.
Okano misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Okano buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
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!
Okano pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Strange swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Okano lands with a shot to the body.
Strange keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Okano avoids a punch combination nicely.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Strange checks the leg kick nicely there.
Okano tries to land a front kick but Strange steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Strange misses with a double jab.
Okano connects with an inside leg kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Koji Okano 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.
Strange misses with a body punch
and Okano counters with a leg kick.
Strange ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Okano moves away.
Nice cross by Strange.
A telegraphed right hand from Okano misses the target.
Strange moves into range and connects with a jab.
Seth Strange is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Strange looks to score with a jab to the body but Okano is just out of range.
Strange ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Okano lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Okano throws a wild body kick that Strange sees coming a mile off.
Strange moves into range and connects with a jab.
Okano throws a front kick that sends Strange stumbling back into the cage.
Strange sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Okano lands a nice leg kick that just misses Strange's sensitive parts.
Strange thows a body shot but no joy.
Strange takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Okano throws a sloppy head kick and Strange moves out of range easily.
Strange misses with a body shot.
Strange punishes Okano's body with a nice straight punch.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Strange stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Okano.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Strange thows a body shot but no joy.
A solid leg kick lands there for Okano.
Koji Okano is winning the standup battle so far.
Strange takes a kick to the side of the head.
Strange shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Okano eats them both and turns towards Strange to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Strange misses the shot to the body.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with eachother but Strange might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Okano has got the better of the exchanges.
A combination from Strange does no damage.
Okano throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Okano is looking to slow Strange down with leg kicks.
A combination from Strange does no damage.
Okano throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Okano cracks the inside of Strange's front leg.
Strange on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Okano thumps Strange with a low kick.
Okano throws a low kick but it's checked well by Strange.
Okano avoids the body shot from Strange.
Strange lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
A lazy left from Strange finds it's target.
Strange steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Okano. That one must have hurt.
Okano fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Okano throws a solid leg kick but Strange takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Okano.
A nice leg kick lands there from Okano.
Strange waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Okano.
Strange swings for the body but Okano moves out of range.
Strange checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Strange takes a kick to the side of the head.
Okano uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Strange.
Strange just misses with a punch to the body.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Strange checks a leg kick.
Okano throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Okano plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Strange lands a jab-cross combination.
Okano takes a jab right on the kisser.
Okano throws a body punch but Strange moves out of range.
Okano throws a sloppy head kick and Strange moves out of range easily.
Strange blocks the body kick.
Strange misses with a two punch combination.
Okano takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Okano finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Strange throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Okano is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Strange can do to turn this around?
Strange takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Strange on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Okano. Okano obviously looking to wear him down.
Strange tries to bum rush Okano with a series of wild strikes but Okano uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Okano avoids the body shot from Strange.
Strange takes a swing at Okano's ribcage but misses.
Strange moves out of range of the leg kick from Okano.
A slapping body kick lands there for Okano.
Strange swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Strange tries to bum rush Okano with a series of wild strikes but Okano uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
A slapping body kick lands there for Okano.
Okano is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Okano attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Okano needs to keep his hands up - Strange had a free shot at his head there.
Strange keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Strange connects with a body shot.
Good standup being displayed there by Strange as he connects with a hook.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A combination from Strange does no damage.
Okano uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Strange.
Okano uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Strange.
Sloppy strikes from Strange. Those never looked like landing.
Okano avoids the body shot from Strange.
Strange throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Okano.
Okano throws a head kick but Strange moves out of range.
Okano works Strange's body with a nice hook.
Okano misses with a low kick as Strange jumps back.
Strange scores with a body shot.
A looping hook to the body misses from Strange. Okano does a little dance to reset his feet.
Okano fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Strange manages to avoid it.
Good work by Strange as he checks the leg kick.
Okano explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Okano keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Strange avoids the body shot from Okano.
Okano moves forwards but Strange connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Strange lands a jab to the head.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Okano cracks the inside of Strange's front leg.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Koji Okano dominated that second round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.
A nice leg kick lands there from Okano.
Okano tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Strange lands a jab to Okano's midsection.
A punch combination from Strange misses.
Strange misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Strange misses with a series of wild punches.
Strange throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Okano sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Okano wants to slow Strange down by chopping away at his legs.
A bone on bone clash there as Strange blocks the leg kick.
Okano with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Strange checks a leg kick.
Strange connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Okano catches Strange with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Strange looks to score with a jab to the body but Okano is just out of range.
Strange has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Okano.
Okano looks for the body kick but Strange saw that one coming.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Okano shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Strange tests Okano's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Strange takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Okano misses with a low kick.
A shot to the body from Strange misses
and Okano counters with a good low kick that Strange was not able to check.
Okano tries a low kick but Strange avoids it.
Okano connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Some bone on bone action there as Strange checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Okano walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Strange checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Strange avoids the body shot from Okano.
Okano throws a leg kick but Strange sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Strange lands a glancing blow to the side of Okano's head.
Okano misses with a low kick.
Strange scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Okano throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Strange on the side of the head.
Strange looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Okano throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Okano cracks the inside of Strange's front leg.
Strange misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Okano.
Okano throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Okano drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Koji Okano is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Strange throws a combination that misses
and Okano counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Nice straight punches there by Strange. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Strange.
Strange stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Okano.
The crowd cheers as Strange lands an impressive looking overhand right. Okano doesn't seem phased though.
Okano swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Strange throws a body punch but Okano moves out of range.
Strange connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Strange throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Okano takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Okano throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Okano looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Strange avoids a kick to the body.
Strange checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Okano slips a jab from Strange.
Strange lands a really nice looking cross but Okano seems unphased.
Okano fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Strange looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Okano misses with a low kick.
Strange throws a right and a left that Okano avoids nicely.
A head kick misses from Okano.
Strange fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A looping hook to the body misses from Strange. Okano does a little dance to reset his feet.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Okano.
Okano throws a low kick but Strange moves out of range easily.
Okano ducks under a wild hook from Strange.
Strange throws a sloppy body shot
and Okano counters with a head kick.
Okano swings for the body but Strange moves out of range.
Nice uppercut there from Strange.
A combination from Strange does no damage.
Strange misses with a wild combination.
Seth Strange has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Okano jabs Strange to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Strange swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Strange throws a body punch but Okano moves out of range.
Strange misses with a jab, cross combination.
Okano keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Strange lands a body shot.
Strange chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Okano can pounce on him.
Strange lands a two punch combo.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
An inside leg kick lands from Okano.
Okano misses with a leg kick.
Strange scores with a nice head shot.
Okano uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Strange.
Strange throws a series of punches but Okano avoids them all with ease.
Okano moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Strange takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Okano is looking to chop away at Strange's legs.
Okano throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Strange lands with a nice body punch.
Okano throws a quick inside leg kick.
Okano misses with a low kick as Strange jumps back.
Strange scores with a nice strike.
Okano throws a leg kick but Strange sees it coming and moves out of range.
Strange takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Strange throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Okano throws a hook but Strange blocks it.
Okano dodges the punch combination from Strange.
Okano thows a body shot but no joy.
And that's the end of the fight!
Koji Okano showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Okano has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Chris Downing scores the fight 30:26
Judge Gwen Towbar scores the fight 30:27
Judge Tiny Johnson scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Koji Okano!
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