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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Emer Dlouze (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kazushi Rakusaba (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rakusaba has chosen David Bowie - Suffragette City as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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181 lbs
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Good takedowns
Solid boxing
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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
12 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Emer Dlouze!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
16 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Kazushi Rakusaba!
The judges for this bout are Ren Mimura, Shigeki Fujiwara and Yukihiro Yamamoto.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
No luck with that takedown attempt from Rakusaba.
Dlouze misses with a wild body shot.
Danga de danga de dang - Dlouze scores with a four punch combination!
Rakusaba moves into the clinch.
Dlouze is fighting off a takedown attempt but Rakusaba is just too persistent for him and manages to trip Dlouze to the mat. Dlouze regains guard as soon as the fighters hit the mat.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
Rakusaba trying to control but Dlouze is working from the bottom.
Rakusaba tries to free his leg and advance position but Dlouze is retaining full guard.
Dlouze is pulling down on Rakusaba's head to control his posture.
Rakusaba trying to control but Dlouze is working from the bottom.
Dlouze looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but Rakusaba puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rakusaba wants to control but Dlouze is keeping him busy.
Rakusaba is looking for a kimura but Dlouze is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Rakusaba to get the leverage.
Rakusaba is looking to advance position but Dlouze won't allow it.
Rakusaba is controlling the pace.
Dlouze blocking the ground and pound attempt from Rakusaba.
Rakusaba is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Well, if Rakusaba is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight… I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza… Yum. Can't wait.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rakusaba passes the guard and advances to mount!
Dlouze working to try and regain half guard.
Rakusaba punishing his opponent with strikes.
Dlouze tries to lock up and control but Rakusaba gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Rakusaba postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Dlouze looks a forlorn figure.
Rakusaba looking to control but Dlouze is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Rakusaba looking to control and managing it successfully.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dlouze keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Rakusaba working for a submission but Dlouze is keeping him at bay.
Rakusaba trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Dlouze knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Rakusaba on the ground.
Dlouze gets back to half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Rakusaba missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Dlouze is staying active underneath Rakusaba, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Rakusaba seems to be working for a kimura but Dlouze defends the submission attempt.
Rakusaba is taking a breather. Dlouze says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rakusaba trying to control from half guard but Dlouze is working away.
Rakusaba throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Rakusaba is pressing down on Dlouze's thigh, looking to free his foot. Dlouze is holding on for now.
Rakusaba missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Dlouze is trying to get back to full guard.
Rakusaba has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Dlouze wants to sweep but Rakusaba has passed to side control!
Dlouze prevents Rakusaba from moving into mount.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Rakusaba is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Dlouze is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Rakusaba is putting a hurting on Dlouze here, landing some big shots from side control.
Rakusaba trying to control the action but Dlouze is working from the bottom.
Dlouze trying to remain calm as Rakusaba controls from the top position.
Rakusaba is looking to take a break and control but Dlouze is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Rakusaba looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Rakusaba advances to full mount.
BOOM! Rakusaba connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Rakusaba punching from mount but Dlouze doing a good job of avoiding damage.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Dlouze is squirming around, avoiding Rakusaba's attempts to control the action.
Rakusaba lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Dlouze hang on?
Rakusaba looking to control but Dlouze is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Dlouze wants to control but Rakusaba is having none of it.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Dlouze really wants to buck Rakusaba off and get back to his feet.
The referee warns Dlouze that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Rakusaba wants to finish this one by submission but Dlouze is holding onto his waist, trying to prevent any attacks from Rakusaba.
Rakusaba controlling the pace for now.
Rakusaba looking to control but Dlouze is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Rakusaba looking for a guillotine from mount but Dlouze is having none of it.
Rakusaba raining down shots from the mount!
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Rakusaba controlling from the full mount.
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!
Rakusaba has hold of Dlouze's left arm, perhaps looking for a submission. The two fighters tussle over control of the isolated limb and Dlouze manages to get his arm back to his side and away from danger.
Rakusaba looking to ground and pound but Dlouze is blocking nicely.
Rakusaba has control of Dlouze's right arm, working for a kimura. It's a bit of a token attempt though and Dlouze regains control of the situation pretty easily.
Dlouze tries to hold on but Rakusaba pushes him away.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Dlouze defends a decent attempt at a guillotine from Rakusaba.
Dlouze is squirming around, avoiding Rakusaba's attempts to control the action.
Rakusaba might have to switch it up a bit here because his efforts to control Dlouze kaven't been going to plan, at least at the current moment in time.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Rakusaba avoids the attempt from Dlouze to control.
Rakusaba lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Kazushi Rakusaba dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!
Rakusaba defending well as Dlouze loads up on a big left hand.
Rakusaba has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Rakusaba with a poor takedown
and Dlouze counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Dlouze fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Dlouze plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Rakusaba has a takedown stuffed.
Dlouze misses with a straight left.
Dlouze misses the shot to the body.
Rakusaba closes the distance and clinches up with Dlouze, looking for a takedown. Rakusaba pushes Dlouze against the cage but Dlouze circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Emer Dlouze has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Kazushi Rakusaba.
Rakusaba tries to clinch but Dlouze moves out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dlouze displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Rakusaba.
Emer Dlouze seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Rakusaba uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Dlouze.
Dlouze catches Rakusaba with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Rakusaba shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Dlouze defends it nicely.
Rakusaba throws a chopping leg kick but Dlouze manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Dlouze fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Rakusaba.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rakusaba shoots in for a takedown but Dlouze shows good takedown defense.
Rakusaba fails to land the takedown.
Dlouze jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Dlouze feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Rakusabas jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Dlouze lands with a hook. Rakusaba tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Dlouze throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
A slapping body kick lands there for Dlouze.
Rakusaba tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
A combination from Dlouze does no damage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dlouze connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Rakusaba's hands.
Rakusaba shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Dlouze as he jumps to the side.
Rakusaba tries to close the distance and clinch but Dlouze swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Rakusaba fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Kazushi Rakusaba is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
No joy there for Dlouze, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Dlouze throws the left hand but Rakusaba avoids the punch easily.
A jab lands there for Dlouze.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dlouze swings widly with a right hand
and Rakusaba counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Dlouze!
Kazushi Rakusaba has got the better of the ground game so far.
Dlouze is looking to get to half guard.
Rakusaba tries to control but Dlouze wriggling away.
Rakusaba controlling the position easily from mount.
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!
Rakusaba trying to control but Dlouze is having none of it.
Rakusaba throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Rakusaba with shots to the head and body - Dlouze looks very uncomfortable down there.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Dlouze is trying desperately to improve position.
Rakusaba trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Rakusaba looking to control and managing it successfully.
Dlouze tries to hold on but Rakusaba pushes him away.
Rakusaba lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Dlouze hang on?
Dlouze in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Rakusaba putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Rakusaba tries to control but Dlouze wriggling away.
Rakusaba thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Rakusaba pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Rakusaba trying to control but Dlouze is having none of it.
Rakusaba lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Rakusaba lands a big elbow.
Rakusaba jumps to side control looking for an arm triangle but Dlouze manages to avoid the submission attempt.
Rakusaba in side control, just content to control the action for now.
Rakusaba trying to control the action but Dlouze is working from the bottom.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Dlouze is trying to get back to half guard.
Rakusaba happy to just control the position for now.
Dlouze wants to control but Rakusaba postures up.
Rakusaba is looking to take a break and control but Dlouze is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Rakusaba landing strikes.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Dlouze is looking to regain half guard here but Rakusaba keeps moving and retains side control.
Dlouze gets back to half guard.
Rakusaba is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Dlouze defends it well.
Rakusaba prevents Dlouze from standing back up.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Dlouze keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Rakusaba missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Rakusaba seems to be working for a kimura but Dlouze defends the submission attempt.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Dlouze manages to get to full guard.
Rakusaba wants to control from the top but Dlouze keeps moving.
Rakusaba content to stall in guard here.
Dlouze lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Rakusaba!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Dlouze landing strikes from the mount and Rakusaba is in trouble!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Kazushi Rakusaba showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!
A punch lands to the side of Rakusaba 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Rakusaba fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Rakusaba fails with a takedown attempt.
Rakusaba gets a takedown into half guard.
Dlouze is looking to get back to full guard here but Rakusaba has managed to pass to side control instead.
Dlouze is looking to reverse the position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dlouze is not content to let Rakusaba control the position.
You can see the frustration on Dlouze's face as Rakusaba controls the position.
Rakusaba trying to control the position but Dlouze is working away.
Dlouze wants to control but Rakusaba postures up.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
Dlouze is in a bad position, trying to hold on for dear life but he is really struggling to maintain any sort of control.
Rakusaba is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Dlouze knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rakusaba goes for an armbar here - this could be all over! But no, Dlouze has escaped beautifully and is now on top in side control! Oh, that's unlucky for Rakusaba but great work by Dlouze.
Rakusaba parries the strikes from Dlouze easily there. Dlouze is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Rakusaba to escape.
Dlouze with the ground and pound but Rakusaba regains half guard under the barage of strikes.
Dlouze throwing shots but Rakusaba is blocking nicely.
Dlouze keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dlouze working over Rakusaba with some ground and pound. Rakusaba looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Dlouze not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Dlouze is looking to advance position but Rakusaba won't allow it.
Rakusaba is looking to improve his position.
Rakusaba slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Dlouze trying to control but Rakusaba is working from the bottom.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dlouze stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Rakusaba swivels though and keeps the full guard.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Dlouze accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Dlouze scoring with some ground and pound.
Rakusaba working for a triangle but Dlouze defends it easily.
Dlouze scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Dlouze looking to sit in guard and control but Rakusaba gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Rakusaba throws a big right hand that misses.
Rakusaba content to stall in guard here.
Rakusaba trying to control but Dlouze is working from the bottom.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Dlouze keeping full guard, as Rakusaba tries to pass.
Rakusaba trying to control but Dlouze is working from the bottom.
Rakusaba slips nicely into half guard.
Dlouze wants to control but Rakusaba is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Rakusaba wants to pass to mount but Dlouze is defending the position.
Dlouze wants to get back to full guard.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Rakusaba seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
Rakusaba passes to full mount!
Dlouze wants to hold on but Rakusaba pushes him away.
Rakusaba with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.
Rakusaba goes for an armbar but he's not got it… Dlouze turns into him and now he's in Rakusaba's guard.
Rakusaba takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Dlouze's corner is telling him to maintain position.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Rakusaba is controlling Dlouze's posture.
Rakusaba is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Dlouze has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Rakusaba preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Rakusaba is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Kazushi Rakusaba has forced the referee to step in and restart the fight on the feet.
Rakusaba throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Dlouze feints and as Rakusaba raises his hands in defense, Dlouze changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Dlouze trying to control but Rakusaba is working from the bottom.
Emer Dlouze has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Dlouze postures up.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Rakusaba tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Kazushi Rakusaba is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Dlouze missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Kazushi Rakusaba.
I've got Rakusaba 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 Ren Mimura scores the fight for Kazushi Rakusaba!
Judge Shigeki Fujiwara scores the fight for Kazushi Rakusaba!
Judge Yukihiro Yamamoto scores the fight for Kazushi Rakusaba!
Kazushi Rakusaba wins by unanimous decision!
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hype
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