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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between JD Wood (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Masakazu Imanari (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). JD Wood has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the featherweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, JD Wood!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Masakazu Imanari!
The judges for this bout are Alec Ball, Trevor Gratis and Robert Douchet.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Imanari needs to keep his hands up - Wood had a free shot at his head there.
Imanari tries to land a leg kick but Wood saw it coming and moves away.
Imanari on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Wood looks to land a combination. Imanari sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Imanari is rocked!
Wood fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Imanari is still on wobbly legs! Can Wood finish him?
Imanari moves out of range as Wood throws a body kick.
Imanari seems to have recovered his senses.
Wood gets caught flat footed, as Imanari shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Wood keeping moving, preventing Imanari from controlling successfully.
Imanari stands and throws Wood's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Imanari postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
Wood is looking to regain half guard here but Imanari keeps moving and retains side control.
Wood manages to get back to half guard.
Wood is trying to stand back up but Imanari is controlling him
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Wood tries to roll over but Imanari keeps him under control.
Imanari uses his free foot to push down on Wood's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for Wood.
Imanari punishing his opponent with strikes.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Imanari goes for an armbar but he's fallen flat on his backside there and now Wood is on top in guard.
Wood wants to stand but Imanari has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
Imanari working for a triangle but Wood defends it easily.
Wood controlling from the top position.
Imanari looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Imanari 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.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Wood sitting in guard, not really doing much.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Imanari working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Wood doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Wood manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Imanari looks gassed!
Wood is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Wood wants to get up but he can't break Imanari's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
Imanari has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Wood can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Imanari strikes from his own guard.
Imanari has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Wood can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wood would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
Imanari working a defensive guard here.
Wood trying to stand up but can't free himself from Imanari's guard.
Imanari is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Imanari looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Wood not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Wood is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
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.
Wood would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fight is doing enough on the ground.
Wood bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Imanari's head.
Imanari closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Wood scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Imanari tries to close the distance and clinch up but Wood swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Wood lands a nice shot to the body.
Wood digs a good body shot into Imanari's ribs.
Wood bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Imanari's head backwards.
Imanari on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Wood throws a one two combo.
Wood digs a good hook to Imanari's body.
Wood scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
JD Wood is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Wood lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Imanari at a distance.
Wood is looking to wear down Imanari with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Wood scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Imanari takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Wood cracks Imanari with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
JD Wood dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Wood digs a good body shot into Imanari's ribs.
Imanari shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Wood as he avoids it easily.
Wood scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Imanari takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Imanari takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Wood cracks Imanari with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Imanari walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Imanari doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
The fighters circle momentarily. Wood darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Wood scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Imanari doesn't seem bothered though.
Wood takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Imanari moves out of range of the leg kick from Wood.
Imanari walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Wood bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Imanari's head backwards.
Imanari is breathing heavily.
Nice straight punches there by Wood. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Wood.
Wood misses with a low kick.
JD Wood is winning the standup battle so far.
Wood misses with a head kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Wood scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Jab from Wood.
Imanari takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Wood connects with a crisp jab.
Good work by Imanari as he checks the leg kick.
Wood scores with a nice head shot.
Wood throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Imanari changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Wood tries to avoid it but Imanari manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Wood to the ground. Wood escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Wood moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Imanari fails to land the takedown.
JD Wood has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Masakazu Imanari.
Imanari has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Wood lands a jab-cross combination.
Wood cracks Imanari with an open hand slap.
Wood misses with a low kick as Imanari jumps back.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Imanari tries to clinch there but Wood circles away.
Nice takedown defense from Wood. No joy for Imanari on that attempt.
Wood lands a jab to Imanari's midsection.
Wood lands a nice hook to Imanari's body. Imanari takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Wood tries a head kick but it misses.
Wood stuffs the takedown.
Imanari tries to clinch up but Wood circles away and keeps his distance.
Wood throws a series of strikes that have Imanari backpedaling.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Wood scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Wood goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Imanari closes this distance looking for a takedown but Wood circles away.
A head kick misses from Wood.
Wood cracks Imanari with a right hand to the side of the head.
JD Wood seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Wood catches Imanari with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Imanari looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Imanari wants to control from the top but Wood keeps moving.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Imanari throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Wood works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Imanari pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Wood is keeping the position for now.
Wood is looking to stand up but Imanari isn't so interested in that idea.
Imanari trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Imanari throwing strikes but missing.
Wood wants to get back to his feet but Imanari is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Imanari is pushing down on Wood's leg trying to pass to half guard. Wood is fighting to maintain full guard but Imanari has managed to sneak the leg through.
Wood knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Imanari on the ground.
Imanari working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Wood throws a right and a left that both miss.
Horrible takedown by Imanari or perhaps it was just good defense by Wood which made him look bad.
Imanari takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Wood swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Imanari has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Imanari gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Wood escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Imanari darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Imanari seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
Imanari wants to lay and pray for a moment but Wood keeps working.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Wood has one foot on Imanari's thigh - he pushes off and manages to get back to his feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
JD Wood dominated that second round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Imanari fails to land the takedown.
Imanari shoots for a takedown but Wood saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Good standup being displayed there by Wood as he connects with a hook.
Wood fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
A left and a right from Wood both land. Nice combination.
Wood connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Masakazu Imanari is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Wood lands an overhand right.
Imanari with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Wood to score with a decent uppercut.
Wood misses with a low kick.
Jab, jab by Wood - just one landing.
Wood looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Imanari throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Wood scores with a hook to the body. Imanari takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Wood with a hook.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Wood goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Wood lands a head shot.
Wood throws a series of punches but Imanari moves out of range.
Imanari 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.
Imanari wants to pass the guard but Wood is keeping the position.
Imanari wants to control from the top but Wood keeps moving.
Imanari pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Wood is keeping the position for now.
Imanari prevents Wood from getting back to his feet.
Wood working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Imanari.
Imanari controlling from the top position.
Imanari postures up in Wood's guard and throws a big left but Wood blocks it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Imanari takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Imanari takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Imanari takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Wood thows a body shot but no joy.
Wood stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Imanari looks for a takedown but Wood sprawls well.
JD Wood has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Masakazu Imanari.
Imanari fails in his attempt to clinch.
Imanari takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Wood lands with a cross.
Imanari takes one to the side of the head.
Imanari has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Wood finds it's way round the side to connect with Imanari's head.
Imanari shoots in for a takedown but Wood shows good takedown defense.
Imanari gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Wood.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wood clobbers Imanari with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Wood stuffs the takedown attempt from Imanari. Imanari gets slowly back to his feet.
Wood scores with a jab to the body.
Wood lands with an uppercut that bounces Imanari off the cage and back into rage.
Imanari takes one to the side of the head.
Good exchange - Wood coming out on top.
Wood is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Imanari can do to turn this around?
A nice combination there by Wood.
A slow jab from Wood misses its intended target.
A head kick misses from Imanari.
Wood misses with a kick to the body.
Wood works Imanari's body with a nice hook.
Wood swinging wilding here.
Imanari fails with a takedown attempt.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Imanari takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Nice sprawl there from Wood as Imanari shoots in.
Nice uppercut there from Wood.
Wood lands with a nice body punch.
Wood throws a leg kick that is checked
and Imanari counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Wood is staying active underneath Imanari, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Imanari is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Imanari is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Wood defends it well.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Wood is trying to stand back up but Imanari is controlling him
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
JD Wood clearly takes that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Imanari fails with the takedown.
Wood fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Wood lands with a cross.
Imanari fails to land the takedown.
Imanari has a takedown stuffed.
JD Wood has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Masakazu Imanari.
Imanari takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Wood lunges at Imanari with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Imanari's hand.
Imanari walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Imanari blocks a head kick by Wood.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.
Wood dips to his left and cracks Imanari with an uppercut!
A punch combination from Wood misses.
Wood moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Wood clobbers Imanari with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Imanari tries to clinch up but Wood circles away and keeps his distance.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Imanari walks into a straight right hand from Wood.
Imanari showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Wood.
Imanari drives through with a takedown into guard.
Imanari wants to control from the top but Wood keeps moving.
Imanari is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully.
Masakazu Imanari has got the better of the ground game so far.
Imanari pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Wood is keeping the position for now.
Imanari is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Imanari throwing strikes but missing.
Wood is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Imanari shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Wood as he avoids it easily.
Danga de danga de dang - Wood scores with a four punch combination!
Wood throws a leg kick that misses.
Imanari fails with the takedown.
Imanari on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Imanari closes this distance looking for a takedown but Wood circles away.
Wood throws a shot to the body.
Imanari takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Wood lands a right hook to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wood punishes Imanari's body with a nice straight punch.
Wood misses with a series of wild punches.
Wood scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Imanari.
Wood throws a half hearted mid kick.
Nice body punch from Wood.
Imanari wants to land a leg kick but Wood is out of range.
Some wild striking there from Imanari.
Nice jab there from Wood.
Wood lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Imanari at a distance.
Wood works the jab nicely.
A nice inside leg kick there by Imanari. That's going to slow Wood down.
Imanari moves out of range of the body kick from Wood.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Imanari misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Wood closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Wood throws a front kick aimed at Imanari's knee but Imanari avoids it well.
Good exchange - Wood coming out on top.
Wood thuds a left hand into Imanari's body.
Imanari takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
A slapping leg kick lands for Imanari.
Wood fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Wood cracks Imanari with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Imanari throws a push kick but Wood slaps the foot to one side.
Wood's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Wood duly obliges.
Wood lands the left hand.
Imanari shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Wood as he jumps to the side.
Wood lands with a cross.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
JD Wood had his way with Masakazu Imanari in 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. 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.
Imanari throws a series of punches but Wood avoids them all with ease.
Wood throws a head kick but Imanari moves out of range.
Imanari blocks a head kick by Wood.
Imanari closes this distance looking for a takedown but Wood circles away.
Wood connects with a nice looking jab.
Wood stalks Imanari and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Imanari's face. Imanari staggers backwards, shaken.
Wood jabs at Imanari's body.
Imanari moves out of range of the body kick from Wood.
Wood keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Wood moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Wood throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Imanari on the side of the head.
Wood jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Imanari on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Wood lands a jab to the nose.
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.
Imanari moves out of range as Wood throws a body kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A punch combination from Wood misses.
Imanari scores with a takedown into Wood's guard.
Wood uses the cage to get back to his feet.
Wood scores with a hook to the body. Imanari takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Imanari will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
JD Wood has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Masakazu Imanari.
Imanari takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Wood takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Imanari has a takedown stuffed.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Wood!
Imanari thows a body kick. Wood tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Wood scores with a jab. Imanari acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
A jab from Wood finds it's way through Imanari's defenses.
Imanari avoids a punch combination nicely.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Imanari fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Wood, pushing him back against the cage.
Imanari stalling in the clinch but Wood improves position.
Imanari takes a shot to the head.
Wood wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Imanari manages to break the clinch.
Imanari shoots for a takedown but Wood saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
A punch combination from Imanari misses.
Wood lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Imanari backs up against the cage.
Wood tests Imanari's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Imanari has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Wood finds it's way round the side to connect with Imanari's head.
Imanari closes the distance and clinches up with Wood, looking for a takedown. Imanari pushes Wood against the cage but Wood circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Wood scores with a body shot.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Wood 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 Imanari has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Imanari and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Wood lands a slapping body shot.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wood misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Nice cross by Wood.
Imanari shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Wood as he avoids it easily.
The crowd cheers as Wood lands an impressive looking overhand right. Imanari doesn't seem phased though.
Wood tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
A bone on bone clash there as Imanari blocks the leg kick.
Imanari swings and misses with a hook to the body.
A punch combination from Imanari misses.
Wood displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
A swing and a miss from Wood.
Wood misses with a leg kick
and Imanari counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Wood is trying to stand up here but Imanari is controlling him well.
Imanari is looking for a kimura but Wood is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Imanari to get the leverage.
Masakazu Imanari has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Wood keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Imanari seems to be looking for submissions.
Imanari is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wood avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Imanari.
Wood wants to get back to his feet.
Wood is defending against the submission attempts here by Imanari.
Imanari is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Wood doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Imanari.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Wood paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
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 JD Wood.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Wood, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Alec Ball scores the fight 50:46
Judge Trevor Gratis scores the fight 50:45
Judge Robert Douchet scores the fight 50:45
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... JD Wood!
JD Wood retains his featherweight title!
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