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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Phoenix Miyamoto (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kanbei Shimada (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Shimada is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Party and Bullshit. 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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185 lbs
11 - 11 - 0 |
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183 lbs
20 - 19 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Excellent MT
Cardio machine |
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BJJ Brown Belt
Decent 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
11 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Phoenix Miyamoto!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
20 - 19 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Kanbei Shimada!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Yamamoto, Ren Mimura and Tatsuya Matsuyama.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Miyamoto tries to close the distance and clinch but Shimada swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Shimada avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Miyamoto fails with an attempt to clinch.
Miyamoto moves in looking to clinch but Shimada pushes him off.
Miyamoto takes the fight into the clinch.
Shimada blocking some punches.
Miyamoto keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Shimada's efforts to push away.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Miyamoto.
Miyamoto lands an elbow inside that Shimada shrugs off.
It looks like Kanbei Shimada has been cut.
Miyamoto lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Shimada is trying to force a seperation but Miyamoto has the dominant position.
Shimada works on Miyamoto's body with a couple of short punches.
Shimada tries to work over Miyamoto's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Shimada has hold of one of Miyamoto's legs. Miyamoto is fighting the takedown attempt but Shimada gets the trip and lands the takedown into guard.
Shimada thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Shimada prevents Miyamoto from getting back to his feet.
Shimada trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Shimada with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Miyamoto has butterfly guard. He's looking to stand up here. He pushes Shimada off him and springs to his feet nicely. The crowd applauds.
Shimada shoots for a takedown but Miyamoto saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Shimada takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Miyamoto swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Shimada throws a shot from downtown. Miyamoto moves away and avoids it.
Miyamoto moves out of range as Shimada strikes.
Shimada avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Shimada 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.
Shimada works over Miyamoto with some ground and pound from guard.
Shimada prevents Miyamoto from getting back to his feet.
Miyamoto keeping moving, preventing Shimada from controlling successfully.
Miyamoto wants to sweep but no luck.
Shimada throws a big right hand that misses.
Miyamoto knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Shimada on the ground.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Shimada throwing strikes from guard but Miyamoto blocks nicely.
Miyamoto looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Miyamoto wants to stand but Shimada is controlling the position.
Miyamoto keeping moving, preventing Shimada from controlling successfully.
Shimada prevents Miyamoto from getting back to his feet.
Shimada cracks Miyamoto with a solid left hand.
Shimada chips away with some ground and pound.
Shimada throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Miyamoto works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Miyamoto kicks Shimada off and gets to his feet.
Shimada moves out of range as Miyamoto strikes.
Miyamoto moves into the clinch.
Shimada fails to pull guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Miyamoto misses with a punch to the body.
Shimada goes for a takedown attempt but Miyamoto pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Phoenix Miyamoto has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Kanbei Shimada.
Miyamoto fails in his attempt to clinch.
Miyamoto avoids the body shot from Shimada.
Miyamoto tries to close the distance and clinch up but Shimada swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Miyamoto instigates a clinch.
Shimada blocks a body shot from Miyamoto.
Shimada tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Miyamoto smiles and moves away.
Miyamoto uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Shimada.
Miyamoto listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Shimada circles away from the clinch attempt
and Shimada counters with a straight right hand.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Miyamoto tries to clinch but Shimada is having none of it.
Miyamoto throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Shimada.
Miyamoto walks into a left hand.
Shimada circles away from the clinch attempt
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
and Shimada counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Shimada avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Miyamoto tries to clinch but Shimada moves out of range.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
A slow jab from Miyamoto misses its intended target.
Shimada slips a straight right by Miyamoto.
Miyamoto closes the distance and clinches.
Miyamoto tries to land knees in the clinch but Shimada avoids the damage to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Phoenix Miyamoto will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Kanbei Shimada's cut.
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.
Shimada jabs at Miyamoto's body.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Miyamoto lands a damaging elbow.
Miyamoto digs a right hand into Shimada's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Shimada's gas tank.
Miyamoto lands a shot to the body.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Shimada just misses with a elbow thrown towards Miyamoto's brow.
Miyamoto lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Shimada jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Miyamoto walks away with a smile on his face. Shimada gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Miyamoto throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Shimada throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Miyamoto tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Shimada manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Miyamoto rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Shimada moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Miyamoto instigates a clinch.
Miyamoto digs a right hand into Shimada's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Shimada's gas tank.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Shimada fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Miyamoto prevents a body shot from Shimada.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Shimada takes an elbow to the forehead.
That has opened up Kanbei Shimada's cut even more.
Shimada scores with a shot to the side of Miyamoto's head.
Shimada can't get the takedown.
Phoenix Miyamoto has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Kanbei Shimada.
Shimada avoiding damage as Miyamoto throws knees to the body.
Miyamoto lands an elbow just above Shimada 's eye.
Shimada pulls guard successfully.
Shimada throwing strikes off his back to little effect.
Shimada is trying to control the position but Miyamoto postures up.
Kanbei Shimada has got the better of the ground game so far.
Miyamoto gets to his feet - Shimada follows without any prompting.
Miyamoto clinches with his opponent.
Shimada jumps guard but Miyamoto stands there with Shimada around his waist. Shimada gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Shimada blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Shimada is working for takedown but Miyamoto is calmly controlling the position for now.
Shimada is breathing heavily.
Miyamoto stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Miyamoto tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Shimada's elbow.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Miyamoto just leaning against Shimada, taking a breather.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Shimada jumps guard but Miyamoto turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Miyamoto lands a hook that snaps the head of Shimada backwards.
The cut above Kanbei Shimada's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Miyamoto lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Shimada takes an elbow to the temple.
Miyamoto trying to stall but Shimada improves his position.
Miyamoto lands a damaging elbow.
Shimada avoiding damage as Miyamoto throws knees to the body.
Shimada is trying to break the clinch but Miyamoto is controlling him.
Shimada tries for a takedown but Miyamoto manages to get underhooks.
Miyamoto scores with a shot to the side of Shimada's head.
Phoenix Miyamoto has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Shimada jumps guard but Miyamoto turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Shimada jumps guard but Miyamoto turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Come on Miyamoto - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Miyamoto tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Shimada avoids it.
Miyamoto lands with a short shot to the head.
Shimada blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Shimada working aggressively here.
Shimada can't get the takedown.
Miyamoto misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Shimada.
Shimada is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Miyamoto makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Shimada missing with knees to the body.
Miyamoto is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Shimada is defending well for now.
Shimada on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Shimada has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Miyamoto avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Shimada's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Shimada is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Miyamoto.
Miyamoto throws a combination. Shimada tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Kanbei Shimada's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.
Miyamoto instigates a clinch.
Miyamoto lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Shimada managing to block the knees to the body from Miyamoto.
Miyamoto lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
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!
A short left from Miyamoto.
Miyamoto stalling in the clinch.
A body shot lands from Miyamoto.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Miyamoto.
The referee calls the doctor in to look at Kanbei Shimada's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:23 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Phoenix Miyamoto!
Phoenix Miyamoto decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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