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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Tatsuya Aoki (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Arthur Pandora (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Pandora has chosen Gonna Fly Now as his entrance music. Tatsuya Aoki is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples... Tweaking his own nipples that is.
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181 lbs
23 - 13 - 1 |
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180 cm
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181 lbs
27 - 26 - 0 |
Abu Dhabi Champ
Solid boxing
Insanely flexible |
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Excellent grappler
World class MT
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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
23 - 13 - 1, fighting out of Sydney, Tatsuya Aoki!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
27 - 26 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Arthur Pandora!
The judges for this bout are Hugh Johnson, Donatello Bradman and Chris Dean.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Aoki takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Pandora lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Crunch! Pandora slams his shin into Aoki's torso.
Aoki misses with a wild body shot.
Pandora throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Aoki ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Pandora moves away.
Aoki fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Pandora manages to avoid it.
Pandora lands with a kick to the temple. Aoki shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
We've been hearing reports that Aoki has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.
Pandora takes a swing at Aoki's ribcage but misses.
A head kick misses from Pandora.
Arthur Pandora is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Pandora looks to throw a body kick
and Aoki counters with a shoot takedown. Pandora fights it but they end up in guard.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
Aoki wants to pass the guard but Pandora is keeping the position.
Pandora wants to sweep here but Aoki controlling him for the moment.
Aoki tries to free his leg and advance position but Pandora is retaining full guard.
Aoki chips away with some ground and pound.
Aoki working some strikes from top position.
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!
Aoki with a nice head shot there.
Pandora is trying to keep Aoki in close.
Aoki throws a strike but Pandora rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Pandora wants to pass the guard but Aoki is keeping the position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Aoki looking for submissions from the bottom but instead Pandora passes into half guard.
Pandora is trying to control. Aoki wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Pandora tries to pass the half guard into mount. Aoki knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Pandora not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Aoki is in trouble now - Pandora has advanced to mount!
Aoki stops Pandora from taking his back. Still, being mounted isn't any better.
Aoki is wriggling around trying to escape.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pandora trying to control but Aoki is having none of it.
Pandora prevents Aoki from getting the reversal.
Aoki bucks up and manages to get a nice reversal! He's in guard on the top - nicely done!
Aoki's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Aoki stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Pandora swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Aoki passes Pandora's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Aoki drops an elbow to the side of Pandora's head.
Pandora is refusing to be controlled, as Aoki sits in half guard.
Pandora felt the need to train up his defensive grappling in the buildup to the fight. Presumably he was expecting to be in a difficult position like this, so let's see if he can get out of it.
Aoki thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Aoki throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Aoki is looking for a kimura here.
Pandora has hold of Aoki's hands but Aoki slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Aoki works his way into side 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!
Aoki working the head with strikes.
Aoki creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
Aoki is trying to get an arm triangle but Pandora is defending well.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Pandora is trying to get back to half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Tatsuya Aoki dominated 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.
Pandora takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
A slow jab from Pandora misses its intended target.
Aoki throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Aoki shoots in for a takedown but Pandora shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Aoki is defended easily by Pandora.
Aoki throws a jab but it's blocked by Pandora.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A head kick misses from Pandora.
Pandora lands with a kick to the ribs.
Aoki shoots in looking for a takedown but Pandora manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Aoki's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Tatsuya Aoki. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Aoki misses with a two punch combination.
Aoki avoids the head kick by Pandora.
Pandora feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Aoki's calf.
Aoki throws out a powerful jab.
Pandora feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Aoki's calf.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Aoki shoots in looking for a takedown. Pandora tries to sprawl out of it but Aoki keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Pandora manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Aoki shoots in but Pandora avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Pandora throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Pandora looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Aoki scores with a jab. Pandora acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pandora is looking to clinch.
Pandora fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Aoki takes a kick to the side of the head.
A solid body kick from Pandora.
Aoki tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Pandora was well out of range. Poor timing from Aoki.
Aoki bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
It looks like Arthur Pandora has been cut.
Aoki shoots in for a takedown but Pandora shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Aoki digs a good body shot into Pandora's ribs.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pandora misses with a head kick.
Aoki throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Aoki shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Pandora throws a head kick that misses.
Pandora throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Aoki with a lazy takedown attempt
and Pandora counters with a body kick.
This has been an exciting period of action!
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Pandora doesn't manage to clinch there - Aoki circles away.
Pandora tries a head kick but it misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Arthur Pandora will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Arthur Pandora's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!
Aoki closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Pandora did well to prevent Aoki getting side control.
Aoki works his foot free and advances to mount.
Pandora tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Pandora sneaks a leg back under and regains half guard and is working straight away to try and get back to guard. He hasn't managed just yet though.
Aoki is looking to take a break and control but Pandora is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Pandora is defending against the submission attempts here by Aoki.
Pandora is trying to get back to full guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Aoki is looking to stall here but Pandora recovers full guard.
Aoki advances to half guard.
Aoki is working for a submission of some sort.
Pandora is staying active underneath Aoki, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Aoki is looking to advance position but Pandora won't allow it.
Aoki throwing shots but Pandora is blocking nicely.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pandora has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Aoki is working away from the top position though.
Aoki looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Aoki prevents Pandora from improving his position.
Aoki seems like he's working for an arm triangle here. He's freed his trapped foot and he's rotating nicely. Pandora is in big trouble! He's tapping out! This one is aaaaaaaaaaaall over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:44 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Arm Triangle). Tatsuya Aoki!
A victorious Tatsuya Aoki thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
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