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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Tony Kazarian (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Anthony Wright (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Kazarian might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Limp Bizkit - My Way. Anthony Wright has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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142 lbs
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Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Cardio machine |
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Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the bantamweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
15 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Tony Kazarian!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
11 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Anthony Wright!
The judges for this bout are Sosuke Kotani, Yukihiro Shimada and Kenichi Hosakawa.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The fight stays on the outside here - Wright looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Wright looks to clinch
so Kazarian counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
Kazarian trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Wright keeping moving, preventing Kazarian from controlling successfully.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Kazarian throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Kazarian throws a big elbow that misses.
Wright is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Kazarian trying to control the position from guard on top but Wright is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Wright has momentary wrist control but Kazarian slips an elbow through the middle.
Wright utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Kazarian working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Wright controls Kazarian momentarily but Kazarian frees himself.
Wright keeping moving, preventing Kazarian from controlling successfully.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Kazarian won't allow Wright to sweep him here.
Kazarian postures up in Wright's guard and throws a big left but Wright blocks it.
Wright not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Kazarian working some strikes from top position.
Kazarian keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Wright's head.
Kazarian working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Kazarian throws an elbow that misses. Wright uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Kazarian's guard. Nice move by Wright!
Kazarian looking to hit a scissor sweep but Wright is one step ahead there.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
OK we're going to have a standup here. Anthony Wright hasn't been effective enough on the ground and the referee wants a restart.
Kazarian tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Wright was well out of range. Poor timing from Kazarian.
Wright punishes Kazarian's body with a nice straight punch.
Kazarian throws a front kick that sends Wright stumbling back into the cage.
Wright lands a slapping body shot.
Wright tries to clinch up
and Kazarian counters with a stiff right hand.
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!
Wright rushes Kazarian and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kazarian breaks the clinch.
Kazarian swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Kazarian fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Kazarian tries to score a power double leg takedown but Wright sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Kazarian somewhat.
Wright fails with an attempt to clinch.
Kazarian throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Wright is looking to clinch.
Kazarian shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Wright is trying to defend but Kazarian finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wright tries to get to full guard but Kazarian has control of the leg.
Wright is looking to control Kazarian's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Wright avoid being mounted?
Wright is trying to avoid being dragged into an even worse position than he's already in but Kazarian is staying active.
Kazarian is working for a submission of some sort.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Wright wants to improve his position but Kazarian is controlling well.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Tony Kazarian dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Wright is looking to clinch.
Kazarian 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.
Kazarian stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Wright swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Wright wants to sweep here but Kazarian controlling him for the moment.
Wright wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
Kazarian wants to control from the top but Wright keeps moving.
Kazarian being controlled here momentarily.
Kazarian throws a big elbow that misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Wright working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Kazarian.
Kazarian in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Wright looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.
Kazarian postures up in Wright's guard and throws a big left but Wright blocks it.
Wright is trying to control the position but Kazarian postures up.
Wright working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Kazarian.
Kazarian throws a strike but Wright rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Kazarian looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
OK we're going to have a standup here. Anthony Wright hasn't been effective enough on the ground and the referee wants a restart.
Kazarian keeps the fight on the outside.
Kazarian looks for a takedown but Wright sprawls well.
Kazarian gets tackled into the cage by Wright. Wright maintains the clinch.
Kazarian has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Wright avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Wright has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Kazarian is looking for a takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Tony Kazarian. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Wright goes for a takedown in the clinch but Kazarian prevents it.
Kazarian wants a takedown.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kazarian has double underhooks and is working for a body lock takedown. He's got it. The fighters land in half guard but Wright regains guard immediately.
Wright has momentary wrist control but Kazarian slips an elbow through the middle.
Kazarian postures up in Wright's guard and throws a big left but Wright blocks it.
Kazarian is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Wright wants to sweep here but Kazarian controlling him for the moment.
Kazarian throws a big right hand that misses.
Wright wants to sweep but no luck.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kazarian trying to control but Wright is working from the bottom.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.
Kazarian throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Kazarian is in close to Wright's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Kazarian throws a strike but Wright rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Kazarian can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Wright controls the pace.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
We're going to have a standup here because Tony Kazarian wasn't active enough for the referee's liking.
Kazarian rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Wright moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Tony Kazarian dominated that second 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.
Wright misses with a straight right.
Kazarian fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Wright looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Kazarian scores with a hook to the body. Wright takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Kazarian closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Kazarian is working for a submission of some sort.
Wright has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Kazarian is working away from the top position though.
Wright keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Kazarian prevents Wright from improving his position.
Kazarian scoring with strikes to the body and head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kazarian trying to mount his opponent but Wright defends it.
Kazarian not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Kazarian frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Kazarian can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Wright is looking to escape.
Kazarian lands a nice shot to the head.
Kazarian tries to control but Wright wriggling away.
Wright can't escape the position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kazarian lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Wright hang on?
Kazarian with a couple of short strikes.
Wright keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Kazarian avoids the attempt from Wright to control.
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!
Wright is working to get back to half guard.
Wright sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
Kazarian thows a huge punch but Wright dodges it nicely.
Kazarian is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Kazarian lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wright moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Tony Kazarian overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Kazarian throws a big right hand that misses.
Wright trying to control the position here.
Kazarian throws a big elbow that misses.
Kazarian with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Kazarian missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kazarian scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Wright is adopting a defensive guard.
Kazarian working some strikes from top position.
Kazarian in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Wright pulls Kazarian in close to prevent any damage.
Kazarian trying to control the position from guard on top but Wright is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Kazarian's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Kazarian postures up.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Tony Kazarian clearly takes that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Wright moves to clinch but Kazarian breaks away
and Kazarian counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Kazarian thows a body shot but no joy.
Kazarian throws a body punch but Wright moves out of range.
Kazarian circles away from the clinch attempt
and Kazarian counters with a stiff right hand.
Wright blocks a jab.
Wright tries to close the distance and clinch up but Kazarian swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Anthony Wright seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Wright wants to clinch up but Kazarian keeps it at a distance.
Kazarian swats away the attempt to clinch by Wright.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kazarian throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Kazarian is looking to wear down Wright with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Nice takedown defense from Wright. No joy for Kazarian on that attempt.
Anthony Wright is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Wright gets a clinch.
Kazarian is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Kazarian is looking to take this one to the mat.
Kazarian wants a takedown but no success here.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Tony Kazarian. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Kazarian is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Wright gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Kazarian prevents a takedown attempt there.
Kazarian drops down looking for an ankle pick but Wright pulls his leg out and moves away.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wright tries to close the distance and clinch but Kazarian swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Wright doesn't manage to clinch there - Kazarian circles away.
Wright throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Kazarian counters with a good low kick that Wright was not able to check.
Wright gets a clinch.
Kazarian pulls guard effortlessly.
Wright sitting in guard here, content to control.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
The ref stands the fighters back up, due to lack of action by Anthony Wright.
Wright tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Kazarian paws at him with a jab and circles away.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wright wants to clinch.
Wright tries to clinch there but Kazarian circles away.
Kazarian misses with a looping left.
Kazarian circles away from the clinch attempt.
Wright tries to clinch up.
Wright closes the distance looking to clinch
and Kazarian counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kazarian swats away the attempt to clinch by Wright.
Kazarian lunges at Wright with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Wright's hand.
Kazarian 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.
Kazarian working some strikes from top position.
Kazarian trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Kazarian postures up in Wright's guard and throws a big left but Wright blocks it.
Wright is trying to control the position from the bottom.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Wright seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
Kazarian sitting in guard, not really doing much.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close fourth round but I would say that Tony Kazarian will probably get the nod.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!
Wright connects with a good right hand that stumbles Kazarian. Kazarian circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Wright wants to clinch but Kazarian slips to the side
and Kazarian counters with a left and a right that stings Wright.
Wright closes the distance but Kazarian moves to the side
and Kazarian counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Wright has managed to clinch.
Kazarian is looking to take this one to the mat.
Kazarian pulls guard successfully.
Kazarian controlling Wright's posture.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Wright slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
The ref calls for a clean break and stands the fighters back up. Anthony Wright wasn't active enough on the ground.
Wright looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Kazarian throws a half hearted mid kick.
Wright misses with a kick to the body.
Anthony Wright has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Wright leaves Kazarian with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Wright looks to clinch
and Kazarian counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Wright moves to clinch but Kazarian breaks away
and Kazarian counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Wright thinking.
Wright wants to clinch.
Kazarian ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Wright tries to clinch there but Kazarian circles away.
Wright clinches up with Kazarian and pushes him back against the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kazarian is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Tony Kazarian. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Wright is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Kazarian is defending well for now.
Wright is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Kazarian drags the fight down to the ground.
Kazarian can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Wright controls the pace.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
The ref calls for a clean break and stands the fighters back up. Anthony Wright wasn't active enough on the ground.
Wright is looking to clinch but Kazarian is avoiding it.
Wright stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Wright wants it to stay on the feet.
Kazarian keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Wright.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wright punishes Kazarian's body with a nice straight punch.
Both of our modern day gladiators look out of it here - an gruelling 5 rounds of action taking it's toll on them, no doubt.
Wright fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Kazarian manages to avoid it.
Wright is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Anthony Wright seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Wright scores with a jab to the jaw.
Tony Kazarian is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Wright darts in trying to clinch
and Wright takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Wright throws a right and a left that both miss.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Wright jabbing away but nothing is landing.
And that's the end of the fight!
Anthony Wright comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Kazarian 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 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Sosuke Kotani scores the fight 49:46
Judge Yukihiro Shimada scores the fight 49:46
Judge Kenichi Hosakawa scores the fight 49:46
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Tony Kazarian!
Tony Kazarian retains his bantamweight title!
A relieved looking Tony Kazarian thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.
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energy
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hype
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