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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Lasse Willemoes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tsuyoshi Nakayama (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Willemoes comes into the arena with Who Let the Dogs out??- Baha men blaring out of the sound system. Nakayama has chosen The Vapors - Turning Japanese as his entrance music. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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202 lbs
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192 lbs
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Abu Dhabi Champ
Excellent boxer
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Good wrestler
World class MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
13 - 8 - 0, fighting out of London, Lasse Willemoes!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
28 - 14 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Tsuyoshi Nakayama!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Shimada, Shigeki Sano and Hirohito Nitta.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Willemoes throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Nakayama moves forwards but Willemoes connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Willemoes will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Willemoes slips under a jab from Nakayama.
Willemoes gets a takedown into half guard.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
Nakayama tries to roll over but Willemoes keeps him under control.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Nakayama is trying to maintain the position but Willemoes is very close to passing his half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nakayama kicks Willemoes off and gets back to his feet.
Willemoes tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Nakayama was well out of range. Poor timing from Willemoes.
Nakayama keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Willemoes fails with a takedown attempt.
Willemoes throws the left hand but Nakayama avoids the punch easily.
Willemoes throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Nakayama's waist but Nakayama gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Willemoes off to one side.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Lasse Willemoes. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Willemoes scores with a shot to the body.
Willemoes ducks under a wild hook from Nakayama.
Willemoes jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Nakayama ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Willemoes moves away.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nakayama misses with a lunging right hand
and Willemoes counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Nakayama just misses with a punch to the body.
Nakayama pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Lasse Willemoes seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Nakayama displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Willemoes throws out the jab.
Willemoes swings for the body but Nakayama moves out of range.
Willemoes shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Willemoes wants to pass to mount but Nakayama is defending the position.
Nakayama pushes Willemoes off looking to stand but Willemoes dives back in and keeps control.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nakayama is not content to let Willemoes control the position.
Nakayama wants to control but Willemoes is keeping busy.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
Willemoes is looking to take a break and control but Nakayama is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Lasse Willemoes has forced the referee to step in and bring the fight back to the feet.
Willemoes throws a jab but it's blocked by Nakayama.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Willemoes ducks under a wild hook from Nakayama.
Nakayama stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Nakayama wants it to stay on the feet.
Willemoes lands with an overhand left.
Tsuyoshi Nakayama is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Nakayama throws a leg kick but Willemoes checks it.
Willemoes throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Willemoes connects with the punch.
Willemoes pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Willemoes cracks Nakayama with an open hand slap.
Nakayama will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Nakayama looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Willemoes tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Willemoes feints and then cracks Nakayama's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Nakayama down.
Nakayama misses with a wild combination.
Willemoes smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Nakayama throws a low kick but Willemoes moves out of range easily.
Willemoes swings for the body but Nakayama moves out of range.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Nakayama, right into the meat.
Willemoes throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Willemoes comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Nakayama fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Willemoes checks it well.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Willemoes checks a leg kick.
Willemoes fails with a takedown attempt.
Willemoes stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Nakayama.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Willemoes ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Nakayama moves away.
Nakayama avoids the body shot from Willemoes.
Willemoes tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Nakayama was well out of range. Poor timing from Willemoes.
Willemoes on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Nakayama. Nakayama obviously looking to wear him down.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Nakayama darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Willemoes dodges the punch combination from Nakayama.
Nakayama uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Willemoes.
Willemoes scores with a jab.
Nakayama throws a lazy right hand but Willemoes sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Willemoes misses with a straight right.
Nakayama misses with a wild body shot.
Willemoes wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Willemoes swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Willemoes darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Willemoes passes to side control.
Nakayama sneaks out the side door and pushes Willemoes away - he's back to his feet. The crowd show their appreciation for the escape.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
A bone on bone clash there as Willemoes blocks the leg kick.
Willemoes digs a good body shot into Nakayama's ribs.
Nakayama keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Nakayama throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Nakayama throws a head kick that misses.
Willemoes showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Nakayama.
Nakayama throws the left hand but Willemoes avoids the punch easily.
Good leg kick by Nakayama there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Willemoes misses the jab.
Nakayama takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Willemoes connects with a looping right hand.
Willemoes lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
A big left from Willemoes misses.
Willemoes shoots in for a takedown but Nakayama shows good takedown defense.
Willemoes shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Nakayama pinned against the cage. Nakayama gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Willemoes feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Nakayama looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Willemoes lands a couple of digs.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Nakayama trying to keep a closed guard but Willemoes is proving a slippery customer.
Nakayama keeping moving, preventing Willemoes from controlling successfully.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Lasse Willemoes 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.
Willemoes keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Nakayama.
Willemoes swings for the body but Nakayama moves out of range.
Nakayama takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Nakayama looks to land a right hand but Willemoes moved out of range.
Nakayama throws a front kick aimed at Willemoes's knee but Willemoes avoids it well.
Willemoes has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Nakayama.
Willemoes shoots in for a takedown but Nakayama shows good takedown defense.
A looping hook to the body misses from Nakayama. Willemoes does a little dance to reset his feet.
The fighters circle momentarily. Nakayama darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Willemoes throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Willemoes takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Nakayama lands a head shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nakayama keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Nakayama swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Willemoes.
Nakayama throws a poor cross that misses
and Willemoes counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Lasse Willemoes is winning the standup battle so far.
Willemoes tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Nakayama was well out of range. Poor timing from Willemoes.
Willemoes fails with a takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Lasse Willemoes. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Willemoes moves out of range as Nakayama strikes.
Willemoes shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Nakayama napping and manages to drive through into side control!
Willemoes trying to control the position but Nakayama is working away.
Willemoes is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Nakayama is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nakayama is trying to get back to his feet.
Willemoes tries for a kimura but Nakayama is defending well.
Willemoes tries to advance to mount but Nakayama denies him.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Willemoes in side control, throwing shots but Nakayama defends.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Nakayama tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Willemoes landing strikes.
Willemoes wants to control but Nakayama is keeping him busy.
Willemoes works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Willemoes content to control the pace. The referee will try and keep them active though.
Nakayama is not content to let Willemoes control the position.
Nakayama wants to control but Willemoes postures up.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Willemoes misses with the ground and pound.
Willemoes laying and praying for a moment but Nakayama takes advantage and regains half guard.
Willemoes is looking to advance position but Nakayama won't allow it.
Nakayama trying to control from the bottom.
Willemoes not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Nakayama is trying to maintain the position but Willemoes is very close to passing his half guard.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
Willemoes uses his free foot to push down on Nakayama's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for Nakayama.
BOOM! Willemoes connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Nakayama is squirming around, avoiding Willemoes's attempts to control the action.
Willemoes thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Nakayama is trying to escape the mount.
Willemoes can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Nakayama is looking to escape.
Willemoes working the ground and pound effectively.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Willemoes swings around for an armbar but it's a sloppy attempt and Nakayama is now in Willemoes's guard. A big mistake from Willemoes there, giving up the dominant position!
Nakayama stands up from Willemoes's guard - Nakayama perhaps looking for a knockout.
Willemoes dives in and scores a takedown into Nakayama's guard.
Willemoes looking to pass the guard.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Nakayama avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Nakayama trying to keep a closed guard but Willemoes is proving a slippery customer.
Willemoes is pushing down on Nakayama's leg trying to pass to half guard. Nakayama is fighting to maintain full guard but Willemoes has managed to sneak the leg through.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Nakayama tries to get to full guard but Willemoes has control of the leg.
Willemoes moves into full mount! Nakayama won't be happy about that!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Lasse Willemoes dominated that second round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!
The fighters circling - Willemoes throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Willemoes fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Nakayama manages to avoid it.
Willemoes ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Nakayama moves away.
Nakayama shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Nakayama connects with a good right hand that stumbles Willemoes. Willemoes circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
A looping hook to the body misses from Nakayama. Willemoes does a little dance to reset his feet.
Willemoes throws a shot from downtown. Nakayama moves away and avoids it.
Nakayama defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Willemoes.
Willemoes throws a series of punches but Nakayama moves out of range.
Nakayama tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Willemoes was well out of range. Poor timing from Nakayama.
Nakayama tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Willemoes was well out of range. Poor timing from Nakayama.
Nakayama walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Willemoes checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Willemoes tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Nakayama was well out of range. Poor timing from Willemoes.
A telegraphed right hand from Nakayama misses the target.
Willemoes misses the shot to the body.
Willemoes keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Willemoes rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Nakayama moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Nakayama throws a leg kick but Willemoes sees it coming and moves out of range.
A clash of legs there as Nakayama blocks the low kick.
Nakayama swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Willemoes shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Nakayama pinned against the cage. Nakayama gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Willemoes throws a hook but Nakayama blocks it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nakayama lands with an uppercut that bounces Willemoes off the cage and back into range.
Willemoes fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Nakayama manages to avoid it.
Nakayama misses with a two punch combination.
Nakayama takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Nakayama stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Nakayama wants it to stay on the feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Lasse Willemoes. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Nakayama misses with a body shot.
Willemoes moves out of range of the strikes.
Nakayama scores with a nice strike.
Nakayama pulls out of a head kick attempt.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Nakayama avoids the body shot from Willemoes.
Nakayama misses with a jab to the body
and Willemoes counters with a single leg into guard. Nakayama didn't expect that.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Nakayama holds on and takes a little breather.
Nakayama not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
Willemoes wants to control from the top but Nakayama keeps moving.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Nakayama lands a really nice looking cross but Willemoes seems unphased.
Willemoes slips under a jab from Nakayama.
Willemoes checks a leg kick.
Willemoes thows a left - swing and a miss!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Willemoes misses with a hook. Nakayama ducked under it nicely.
Willemoes loads up on a big right hand but Nakayama slips the punch.
Willemoes tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Nakayama was well out of range. Poor timing from Willemoes.
Nakayama tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Willemoes keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Willemoes misses with a left hand
and Nakayama counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Willemoes misses the shot to the body.
Willemoes slips a straight right by Nakayama.
Nakayama dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Willemoes. That did some damage!
Nakayama swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Willemoes thows a body shot but no joy.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Willemoes uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Nakayama.
Willemoes throws a shot from downtown. Nakayama moves away and avoids it.
Willemoes jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Willemoes misses with a body shot.
Willemoes takes a swing at Nakayama's ribcage but misses.
Willemoes keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Willemoes lands a really nice looking cross but Nakayama seems unphased.
Willemoes keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Nakayama takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Nakayama takes a swing at Willemoes's ribcage but misses.
Nakayama misses with an uppercut.
Nakayama throws the left hand but Willemoes avoids the punch easily.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Willemoes throws a lazy right hand but Nakayama sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Willemoes scores with a punch to the head.
Nakayama closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Willemoes takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Nakayama slaps away a takedown attempt from Willemoes, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Willemoes misses with a looping right.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Nakayama moves out of range as Willemoes strikes.
Willemoes misses with a looping left.
Willemoes slips a jab from Nakayama.
Willemoes avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Tsuyoshi Nakayama has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Nakayama misses with a wild body shot.
Nice takedown defense from Nakayama. No joy for Willemoes on that attempt.
Nakayama connects with the punch.
Good shot there by Willemoes.
Willemoes's jab looks to have found its range, popping Nakayama under the eye.
A looping hook to the body misses from Nakayama. Willemoes does a little dance to reset his feet.
Nakayama misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Willemoes.
Willemoes rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Nakayama cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Willemoes fails with a takedown attempt.
Nakayama lands with a shot to the body.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
A head kick from Nakayama lands but Willemoes takes it in his stride.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A shot to the body from Willemoes misses
and Nakayama counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Willemoes fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Nakayama manages to avoid it.
Nakayama misses with a body shot.
Nakayama throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Nakayama lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Willemoes lands a slapping body shot.
Nakayama takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Willemoes shoots and misses
letting Nakayama counter with a right hand.
Willemoes throws a shot from downtown. Nakayama moves away and avoids it.
Willemoes throws a hook but Nakayama avoids it easily.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Willemoes drives through with a takedown into Nakayama's guard. Let's see what he can do from the top position.
Nakayama is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Lasse Willemoes overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Willemoes pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Nakayama is keeping the position for now.
Willemoes trying to control but Nakayama is working from the bottom.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Nakayama is looking to stand up but Willemoes isn't so interested in that idea.
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 Lasse Willemoes.
Well Willemoes 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 Yukihiro Shimada scores the fight for Lasse Willemoes!
Judge Shigeki Sano scores the fight for Lasse Willemoes!
Judge Hirohito Nitta scores the fight for Lasse Willemoes!
Lasse Willemoes wins by unanimous decision!
Post fight, an emotional Lasse Willemoes said 'Who let the DOGS out? Who, who, who, who!!!???!!!'.
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