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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Takeshi Miike (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and James Torello (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.
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148 lbs
34 - 15 - 0 |
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138 lbs
11 - 3 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
KO power |
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Excellent MT
Good gas tank |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
34 - 15 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Takeshi Miike!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
11 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, James Torello!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Jack Bonds and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Miike throws a leg kick
and Torello counters with a low kick, right behind Miike 's knee.
Torello avoids the head kick by Miike.
Torello lands with a slapping head kick.
Miike keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Torello scores with a body shot.
Miike misses the shot to the body.
Miike shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Miike looks to clinch
and Torello counters with a leg kick.
Miike chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Torello can pounce on him.
Torello fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Miike.
Torello buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Miike attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Miike misses with a leg kick
and Torello counters with a thumping low kick.
Torello punishes Miike's body with a nice straight punch.
Miike missing with a left hand there. Torello was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Miike misses with a straight right.
Torello avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Torello has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
James Torello is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Torello works the jab nicely.
Torello scores with the left hand. Miike knows he should have avoided that one.
Torello scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Torello works the jab nicely.
Miike is rocked!
Torello cracks the inside of Miike's front leg.
Miike throws a hook but Torello blocks it.
Miike takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Torello feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Miike's calf.
Torello misses the shot to the body.
Torello connects with a solid leg kick.
Miike shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Miike on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Torello dodges the punch combination from Miike.
Miike shoots for a takedown but Torello saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Miike wants to clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Miike lands with a straight right. Torello didn't see that one coming.
Miike throws a series of punches but Torello moves out of range.
Miike scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Torello punishes Miike's body with a nice straight punch.
Miike misses with an attempted mid kick.
Takeshi Miike seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Miike tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Torello is able to avoid easily.
Torello connects with a body shot.
Miike throws a right and a left that both miss.
Torello fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Torello lands a nice looking kick to the body. Miike takes a step back to recover.
Torello connects with the punch.
Torello lands with an overhand left.
Torello scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Miike changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Torello looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
You can see the frustration on Torello's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Torello tries to bench press Miike off him but Miike keeps the position.
Torello sneaks back into half guard.
Miike is thwarting Torello's attempts to control the position.
Torello is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Miike's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Miike's back!
Torello wants to control but Miike is keeping busy.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Torello is trying to stick to Miike's back but Miike is turning into Torello. He's managed to reverse the position - now he's in Torello's guard. Polite applause from the crowd in appreciation of some nice Jiu Jitsu by Miike.
Torello keeping moving, preventing Miike from controlling successfully.
Torello trying to keep a closed guard but Miike is proving a slippery customer.
Torello keeping moving, preventing Miike from controlling successfully.
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!
Miike stopping the sweep attempt from Torello.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
James Torello dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Miike misses with a lunging right hand
and Torello counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Torello blocks a head kick by Miike.
Takeshi Miike is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Torello cracks Miike with an open hand slap.
Torello throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Miike darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Miike misses with the combination.
Torello with a nice cross.
Torello ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Miike moves away.
Torello lands a nice looking kick to the body. Miike takes a step back to recover.
Torello stuns Miike with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Miike misses with an uppercut.
Torello displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Miike throws out the jab.
Miike misses with a low kick.
Torello looks to score with a jab to the body but Miike is just out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Torello lands with an uppercut that bounces Miike off the cage and back into range.
Torello with a hook.
Miike misses with a wild combination.
Nice defenses there by Torello.
Miike misses with a jab, cross combination.
Miike on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Miike misses with a lunging right hand
and Torello cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Miike throws a combination that misses
and Torello counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Torello lands a big head kick that sends Miike tumbling to the mat! Torello takes a step backwards and waves Miike back to his feet - he wants the finish!
Oh Miike is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
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!
Good shot there by Torello.
Torello looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Torello moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Torello connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Miike misses with a hook to the body
and Torello counters with a big right hand! Oh Miike is in trouble here! Torello follows up with more strikes and that's it! The ref has stopped it!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:56 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). James Torello!
A very excited looking James Torello made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.
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RATING
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