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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Kevin Olbo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Keizo Sawaki (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kevin Olbo had real problems making weight for this fight. After initially coming in at 147.2lbs, he had two hours to make the official fight weight. He made it but it will have taken a lot out of him to cut those extra few pounds. Kevin Olbo has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
4 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Kevin Olbo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Keizo Sawaki!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Fujiwara, Yasuomi Hirokawa and Yukihiro Yamamoto.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Olbo on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Olbo looks exhausted already! Oh dear, he should have come in in better shape than this!
Olbo takes one to the chin there.
Olbo moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
It looks like Kevin Olbo has been cut.
Sawaki misses with a body shot.
Sawaki throws a good cross that connects.
Olbo fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Sawaki throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
A jab lands there for Sawaki.
Olbo is pinned up against the ropes taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Sawaki shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Sawaki showed some decent athleticism there.
Olbo on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Olbo is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Sawaki's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Sawaki's back!
Sawaki has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Sawaki tries to escape the position.
Olbo is trying to stick to Sawaki's back but Sawaki is turning into Olbo. He's managed to reverse the position - now he's in Olbo's guard. Polite applause from the crowd in appreciation of some nice Jiu Jitsu by Sawaki.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Sawaki lands a couple of decent looking shots.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sawaki landing with the ground and pound.
Sawaki advances to half guard.
Sawaki lands strikes from half guard.
Olbo is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Sawaki scores with a couple of nice shots.
Sawaki is tying to control. Olbo wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Sawaki working over Olbo with some ground and pound. Olbo looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Olbo tries to roll over but Sawaki keeps him under control.
Sawaki is keen to just control but Olbo is a slippery customer.
The fighters are battling for position here. Olbo manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Sawaki wants to control from the top but Olbo keeps moving.
Olbo trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!
Olbo is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sawaki is pushing down on Olbo's leg trying to pass to half guard. Olbo is fighting to maintain full guard but Sawaki has managed to sneak the leg through.
Olbo is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Sawaki scores with a couple of nice shots.
Sawaki working over Olbo with some ground and pound. Olbo looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Sawaki drops an elbow to the side of Olbo's head.
Sawaki thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Olbo's head.
Olbo is looking for a sweep. Sawaki is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Sawaki is pressing down on Olbo's thigh, looking to free his foot. Olbo is holding on for now.
Sawaki sitting and controlling from the half guard.
Olbo wants to control but Sawaki is keeping busy.
Olbo missing with punches from the bottom.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Sawaki scores with a crisp jab that stopped Olbo in his tracks.
Sawaki throws a shot from downtown. Olbo moves away and avoids it.
Olbo with a poor takedown
so Sawaki counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Sawaki stopping the sweep attempt from Olbo.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Sawaki accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Sawaki with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Sawaki tries to free his leg and advance position but Olbo is retaining full guard.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Sawaki's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Olbo doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.
Olbo keeping moving, preventing Sawaki from controlling successfully.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Sawaki misses with an uppercut.
Sawaki circles away from the clinch attempt
and Sawaki connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Olbo fails with a takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Kevin Olbo. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Sawaki lands a high kick!
Keizo Sawaki seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Some bone on bone action there as Sawaki checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Olbo changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Sawaki tries to avoid it but Olbo manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Sawaki to the ground. Sawaki escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Olbo takes one to the chin there.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Olbo.
Olbo really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Sawaki digs a good body shot into Olbo's ribs.
Sawaki works over Olbo's head and body with a nice combination.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Keizo Sawaki dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Kevin Olbo's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Sawaki connects with a single shot there.
Nice sprawl there from Sawaki as Olbo shoots in.
Sawaki just misses with a punch to the body.
Sawaki tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Olbo looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Sawaki gets back to full guard.
Sawaki working a defensive guard here.
Olbo postures up and lands a big shot to Sawaki's brow.
Olbo postures up.
Sawaki tries to strike from the bottom.
Olbo connects with a couple of short punches.
Sawaki working for a triangle but Olbo defends it easily.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Olbo makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Sawaki is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Sawaki lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Olbo!
Sawaki lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Olbo regains half guard.
Sawaki has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Sawaki landing shots from mount.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sawaki looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Olbo is looking to get to half guard.
Sawaki is landing with some decent strikes but Olbo is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Keizo Sawaki has got the better of the ground game so far.
Sawaki lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Sawaki lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
The referee warns Olbo that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Olbo keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Olbo in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Olbo is in a horrible position here. Sawaki smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Sawaki cracks Olbo with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Olbo is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sawaki looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Sawaki trying to control but Olbo is having none of it.
Sawaki has his opponent pinned against the ropes, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Olbo's face.
Sawaki cracks Olbo with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Sawaki landing shots from mount.
Sawaki working the ground and pound effectively.
Olbo in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Sawaki scoring with strikes but Olbo is staying in there.
Olbo is trying to escape the mount.
Olbo throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Olbo is trying to get back to his feet but can't.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Sawaki cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Sawaki prevents Olbo from getting the reversal.
Sawaki working Olbo over with strikes here.
Sawaki looking to finish Olbo with some ground and pound. This is bad for Olbo!
Sawaki connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Olbo gets back to half guard.
Sawaki blocks the strikes from Olbo.
Sawaki wants to take a breather but Olbo is having none of it.
Olbo is looking to escape.
The fighters are battling for position here. Olbo manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Olbo wants to stand up but Sawaki is controlling him.
Sawaki slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Keizo Sawaki showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Kevin Olbo's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Sawaki.
Olbo takes one to the chin there.
Sawaki cracks the inside of Olbo's front leg.
Olbo misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Sawaki throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Olbo stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Sawaki moves into range and clinches up with Olbo.
Sawaki lands an elbow inside.
Sawaki working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Olbo takes an elbow to the temple.
Sawaki lands a body shot.
A short left from Sawaki.
Sawaki working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Sawaki lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Sawaki gets through Olbo's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Nice body punch from Sawaki.
Sawaki lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Olbo.
Sawaki comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Olbo is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Sawaki lands a body punch in the clinch.
Sawaki scores with a hook to the body.
Sawaki lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Olbo backwards.
Olbo wants to get back to striking at distance but Sawaki won't allow it.
Sawaki has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Sawaki lands a nice elbow.
A shot in the inside from Sawaki.
Sawaki lands a hook that snaps the head of Olbo backwards.
Sawaki prevents a takedown attempt there.
Nice body punch from Sawaki - that landed with a thud.
A short right from Sawaki.
Sawaki lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Sawaki lands an uppercut.
Sawaki lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Sawaki lands a left hand that snaps the head of Olbo backwards.
Sawaki misses with a punch on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Sawaki.
Sawaki gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Olbo goes for a takedown in the clinch but Sawaki prevents it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Kevin Olbo. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Sawaki lands an elbow just above Olbo 's eye.
Sawaki lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Olbo backwards.
Sawaki lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Sawaki lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Olbo backwards.
Sawaki lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Olbo.
Sawaki lands an elbow inside.
Sawaki prevents Olbo from breaking the clinch.
Sawaki lands an elbow just above Olbo 's eye.
Olbo ties up his opponent against the ropes and manages to drag the fight down to the ground. Olbo no doubt will be looking to work submissions from his guard.
Sawaki tries to free his leg and advance position but Olbo is retaining full guard.
Olbo is trying to control the position but Sawaki postures up.
Sawaki passes Olbo's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Sawaki 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.
Olbo looks like he's trying to stand up.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sawaki tries to pass to full mount but Olbo defends it.
Olbo punching from the bottom.
Sawaki wants to lay and pray for a moment but Olbo keeps working.
Sawaki drops an elbow to the side of Olbo's head.
Sawaki working the head and body with strikes.
Olbo is looking for a sweep. Sawaki is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Sawaki lands a nice short elbow.
Sawaki scoring with strikes to the body and head.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Nice strikes from Sawaki there.
Sawaki lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Olbo wants to improve his position but Sawaki is controlling well.
Sawaki has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Sawaki passes to side control.
Kevin Olbo has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
You can see the frustration on Olbo's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Olbo is trying to get back to half guard. He's pushing on Sawaki's leg. He's managed it. Nice work.
Sawaki is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Sawaki is looking to pass the guard... He's managed it - he's now in full mount!
Sawaki landing strikes from the mount and Olbo is in trouble!
Olbo is in all sorts of trouble here.
Sawaki with good strikes from the mount here!
Olbo keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Olbo throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
And that's the end of the fight!
Keizo Sawaki comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Sawaki has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Shigeki Fujiwara scores the fight 26:30
Judge Yasuomi Hirokawa scores the fight 26:30
Judge Yukihiro Yamamoto scores the fight 26:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Keizo Sawaki!
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