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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Balfour Darrow (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Masa Wasa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Wasa has chosen Welcome To The Jungle as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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138 lbs
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145 lbs
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Great wrestler
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Excellent MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the bantamweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
10 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Balfour Darrow!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
12 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Masa Wasa!
The judges for this bout are Shirou Masuda, Yuuki Gou and Hirohito Nitta.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Darrow bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Wasa's head.
Darrow misses with an uppercut. Wasa saw that one coming.
Wasa takes a swing at Darrow's ribcage but misses.
Masa Wasa seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
No joy there for Wasa, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Wasa swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Darrow tries a head kick but it misses.
Darrow lands a two punch combo.
Wasa works the jab nicely.
Wasa takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Darrow takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Wasa feints and then cracks Darrow's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Darrow down.
Darrow moves out of range of the body kick from Wasa.
Darrow throws a good cross that connects.
Darrow throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Darrow.
Wasa bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Darrow's head.
Darrow throws a lazy uppercut
and Wasa connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Wasa keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Wasa shoots in but Darrow avoids the takedown attempt easily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Darrow scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Wasa doesn't seem bothered though.
Wasa paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Wasa lands a body shot.
Wasa misses the shot to the body.
Wasa tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Darrow is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from Wasa.
Darrow scores with a push kick.
Wasa slips a jab and a cross from Darrow.
Donk. Wasa catches Darrow right on the button with a cross.
Darrow just misses with a punch to the body.
Wasa lands a lovely overhand right.
Balfour Darrow is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Nice defenses there by Darrow.
Darrow avoids the head kick by Wasa.
As Wasa tries to get set, Darrow tries to push him back and clinch up but Wasa manages to avoid the attempt.
Wasa fails with a takedown attempt.
As Wasa tries to get set, Darrow tries to push him back and clinch up but Wasa manages to avoid the attempt.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Darrow is looking to chop away at Wasa's legs.
Wasa is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Darrow throws a quick inside leg kick.
Darrow takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Darrow moves out of range of the body kick.
The fighters circling - Wasa throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Darrow misses with a body kick.
Wasa looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Wasa misses with a hook. Darrow ducked under it nicely.
Wasa's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Wasa duly obliges.
Wasa throws a sloppy head kick
and Darrow counters with an inside leg kick.
Wasa lands a nice looking body shot.
Darrow scores with a sloppy right hand. Wasa should have avoided that one.
Wasa shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Darrow is trying to defend but Wasa finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
Darrow manages to escape and get back to his feet!
Wasa fakes a strike and closes the distance, dragging Darrow to the ground. Wasa is now in Darrow's guard.
Wasa stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Darrow swivels though and keeps the full guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wasa drops back, looking for a kneebar! Darrow looks panicked! The fighters roll across the mat, one looking to finish, one looking to escape. Darrow looks to have wriggled free... Yes, he's got his leg free and he's dived into side control! Good work there from Darrow!
Wasa is looking for a sweep.
Wasa is still trying to improve position.
Wasa can't do much from the bottom here.
Wasa regains half guard.
Wasa is trying to get back to full guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Darrow works his foot free and advances to mount.
Wasa regains half guard.
Darrow prevents Wasa from improving his position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Wasa manages to get to full guard.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Darrow passes into half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Masa Wasa will probably get the nod.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Darrow throws a hook but Wasa avoids it easily.
Darrow throws a hook but Wasa blocks it.
Wasa has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Wasa misses with a body shot.
Wasa wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Darrow will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Darrow shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Darrow ducks under a wild hook from Wasa.
Darrow lands a slapping body shot.
Darrow cracks Wasa with an open hand slap.
Darrow uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Wasa.
Wasa throws a hook but Darrow blocks it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Darrow rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Wasa counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
A jab from Wasa finds it's way through Darrow's defenses.
Wasa shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Darrow as he avoids it easily.
Wasa tries a head kick but it misses.
Darrow swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
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!
Wasa swings for the body but Darrow moves out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Darrow dips to his left and cracks Wasa with an uppercut!
Wasa fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Darrow is looking to counter the offense by Wasa and move into the clinch.
Wasa slips under a jab.
Wasa fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Darrow looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Darrow misses with a low kick.
Wasa cracks the inside of Darrow's front leg.
Darrow misses with a leg kick
enabling Wasa to counter with a crisp jab.
Darrow moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Darrow.
Wasa ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Wasa shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Darrow pushes Wasa off and gets back to his feet.
Masa Wasa seems to be getting the better of the standup.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Darrow avoids the body shot from Wasa.
Wasa throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
As Wasa tries to get set, Darrow tries to push him back and clinch up but Wasa manages to avoid the attempt.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Darrow crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Wasa - the referee stops the clock and Darrow gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Wasa. Darrow manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wasa uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Darrow.
Darrow needs to keep his hands up - Wasa had a free shot at his head there.
Wasa throws a head kick that misses.
Wasa throws the left hand but Darrow avoids the punch easily.
Darrow is looking to counter the offense by Wasa and move into the clinch.
Darrow ducks under a wild hook from Wasa.
Wasa throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Darrow avoids the body shot from Wasa.
Darrow keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Wasa.
Darrow feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Wasa's calf.
Wasa moves out of range of the strikes.
Wasa stuns Darrow with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Wasa misses with a hook.
Darrow jabs at Wasa's body.
Wasa jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Wasa 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.
Darrow uses the cage to get back to his feet.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jab from Wasa.
A combination from Darrow does no damage.
Darrow misses with a wild combination.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Wasa, right into the meat.
Wasa shoots in but Darrow avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Balfour Darrow has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Masa Wasa.
Darrow just misses with a punch to the body.
Wasa throws a leg kick but Darrow moved away.
Wasa uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Darrow.
Wasa throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Wasa throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Wasa throws a low kick but it's checked well by Darrow.
Wasa displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Darrow throws out the jab.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Darrow has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Wasa.
Wasa looks to throw the jab but Darrow is out of range.
It looked like Darrow was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Wasa.
Wasa tries a head kick but it misses.
Darrow tries to counter by clinching up but Wasa breaks away and moves out of range.
Darrow walks into a jab.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Wasa throws a body shot but no joy.
Wasa throws a good cross that connects.
Wasa connects with a solid leg kick.
Darrow lands with a hook. Wasa tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Darrow throws the kick towards the body but Wasa avoids it.
Darrow throws a hook but Wasa avoids it easily.
Wasa moves away from the strike by Darrow.
Darrow listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Darrow avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Wasa keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Darrow.
Wasa throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Darrow wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
Wasa throws out a powerful jab.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Masa Wasa will probably get the nod - 10:9.
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.
Darrow throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Wasa counters with a body kick.
A solid leg kick lands there for Darrow.
A jab from Darrow does it's job there.
Darrow keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Wasa lands with a nice body punch.
A looping hook to the body misses from Wasa. Darrow does a little dance to reset his feet.
Darrow moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Darrow takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Darrow swings widly with a right hand
and Wasa counters with an outside leg kick.
Wasa throws out a leg kick but Darrow moves out of range and Wasa only half commits.
Darrow wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
Wasa misses the shot to the body.
Wasa scores with a jab.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Darrow connects with a jab.
Darrow fails to land with a series of punches.
Darrow connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Darrow fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Wasa manages to avoid it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Darrow takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Darrow moves out of range of the strikes.
Darrow misses the shot to the body.
Darrow avoids the head kick by Wasa.
Wasa scoring well with a low kick there.
Wasa takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Wasa looks to score with a jab to the body but Darrow is just out of range.
Wasa fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Darrow misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Darrow misses with a low kick.
Wasa swings away with a leg kick that misses.
The fighters circling - Wasa throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Darrow dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Wasa. That did some damage!
Darrow throws a sloppy head kick and Wasa moves out of range easily.
Wasa ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Darrow moves away.
Wasa throws a head kick that misses
letting Darrow counter with a right hand.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Darrow misses with a wild body shot.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Wasa ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Wasa misses with a head kick.
Wasa misses with a hook.
Wasa motions for Darrow to come forward. Wasa throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Darrow misses with a looping left.
Darrow scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Darrow lands with a hook. Wasa tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Wasa looking to score a takedown here. Darrow is defending well but Wasa drives through and ends up in Darrow's guard.
Wasa takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Wasa trying to control the position from guard on top but Darrow is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Darrow has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
Wasa advances to half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Darrow has one foot on Wasa's thigh - he pushes off and manages to get back to his feet.
A jab from Wasa misses.
Darrow throws an overhand right that lands on Wasa's shoulder, as Wasa tries to avoid the shot.
Darrow walks into a left hand.
Wasa takes one to the chin there.
Wasa throws a low kick but it's checked well by Darrow.
Darrow seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
Darrow connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Wasa throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Darrow lands a two punch combo.
Wasa is rocked!
It looks like Masa Wasa has been cut.
Darrow walks forward and throws a big overhand right! Wasa drops to the floor like a sack of potatoes! Darrow swarms on him with more punches until the referee wrestles him away from Wasa's unconscious body! Wow, that was brutal!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:55 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Balfour Darrow!
Balfour Darrow retains his bantamweight title!
Balfour Darrow thanked the fans post fight for their support.
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energy
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hype
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