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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Takeru Kubota (ranked 937 p4p, 52 weight class) and Jan Jedrzejczyk (ranked 2577 p4p, 136 weight class). Kubota comes into the arena with Devilman No Uta blaring out of the sound system. Man, I cannot wait for this one!
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147 lbs
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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
9 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Takeru Kubota!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
11 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Jan Jedrzejczyk!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, and Don Winkell.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kubota feints and then cracks Jedrzejczyk's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Jedrzejczyk down.
A left lands for Kubota.
Kubota thuds his shin into the meat of Jedrzejczyk's side.
Jedrzejczyk lands with an overhand left.
Kubota throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Kubota delivers a nice body kick.
Kubota misses with a hook.
Kubota misses with a low kick as Jedrzejczyk jumps back.
Jedrzejczyk throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
And Kubota counters with a quick kick to the body but Jedrzejczyk blocks it.
Jedrzejczyk misses with a straight left.
A little feinted left hand from Kubota on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
We've been informed that Jedrzejczyk has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
Jedrzejczyk misses with a looping left.
A quick step to the side and Kubota tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Kubota is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Jedrzejczyk.
Jedrzejczyk gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Kubota.
A chopping leg kick lands by Kubota.
Kubota connects with an inside leg kick.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Jedrzejczyk swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Jedrzejczyk throws the left hand but Kubota avoids the punch easily.
Kubota throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kubota fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Jedrzejczyk on the side of the head.
Kubota feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Jedrzejczyk's calf.
Jedrzejczyk slips under a jab from Kubota.
Jedrzejczyk is looking to score with low kicks.
Kubota looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Jedrzejczyk throws a push kick but Kubota slaps the foot to one side.
Jedrzejczyk throws a jab when Kubota was well out of range.
Kubota looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Kubota on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Jedrzejczyk. Jedrzejczyk obviously looking to wear him down.
Jedrzejczyk ducks under a wild hook from Kubota.
A cross from Kubota lands.
Jedrzejczyk fails in his attempt to clinch.
Kubota thows a left - swing and a miss!
Jedrzejczyk defending well as Kubota loads up on a big left hand.
Nice body kick there by Kubota.
Jedrzejczyk takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Jedrzejczyk tries to move into range but Kubota moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Jedrzejczyk tries to clinch but Kubota is having none of it.
Kubota waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Jedrzejczyk.
Jedrzejczyk throws a head kick but Kubota moves out of range.
Jedrzejczyk misses with a straight right.
Kubota tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Jedrzejczyk was well out of range. Poor timing from Kubota.
An inside leg kick lands from Kubota.
Kubota misses the jab.
Kubota misses with a kick to the body.
Kubota punishes Jedrzejczyk's body with a nice straight punch.
Jedrzejczyk on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Kubota misses with a body kick.
Jedrzejczyk lands the left hand.
Kubota thows a body kick. Jedrzejczyk tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Jedrzejczyk keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Takeru Kubota seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Kubota throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Kubota misses with an uppercut. Jedrzejczyk saw that one coming.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jedrzejczyk lands a head kick!
Kubota scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Kubota keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Kubota is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Kubota connects with a nice looking jab.
Kubota lands with an overhand left.
Kubota walks into a stiff left hand from Jedrzejczyk.
Kubota catches Jedrzejczyk with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Jedrzejczyk looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Jedrzejczyk ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Kubota is looking to chop away at Jedrzejczyk's legs.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Jedrzejczyk moves away from the strike by Kubota.
Jedrzejczyk feints a counter leg kick.
Jedrzejczyk uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Kubota.
Kubota throws a body shot but no joy.
A swing and a miss from Jedrzejczyk.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kubota is looking to chop away at Jedrzejczyk's legs.
A big left from Kubota misses.
Kubota throws a jab when Jedrzejczyk was well out of range.
Kubota is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Kubota ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Kubota misses with an attempted mid kick.
Jedrzejczyk throws a shot to the body.
Jedrzejczyk throws a half hearted mid kick.
Kubota was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Jedrzejczyk throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Kubota takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Jedrzejczyk walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Kubota checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Kubota scores with a shot to the body.
Jedrzejczyk tries a low kick but Kubota avoids it.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Kubota sizes up Jedrzejczyk with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Kubota throws a right hand that misses
and Jedrzejczyk finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
Kubota misses with a body punch
and Jedrzejczyk cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Jedrzejczyk moves into range and connects with a jab.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Takeru Kubota 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.
Jedrzejczyk slips a straight right by Kubota.
Kubota pushes Jedrzejczyk away with a front kick.
Kubota keeps Jedrzejczyk at a distance using the push kick.
Kubota blocks a jab.
Kubota throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Kubota finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Kubota looks to score with a jab to the body but Jedrzejczyk is just out of range.
Kubota moves into range and connects with a jab.
Kubota swings widly with a right hand
and Jedrzejczyk counters with a nice body shot.
Kubota connects with a solid leg kick.
Kubota misses with a wild body shot.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kubota turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Kubota misses with a hook to the body
letting Jedrzejczyk counter with a right hand.
A head kick misses from Jedrzejczyk.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Jedrzejczyk swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Jedrzejczyk throws a body kick that misses
enabling Kubota to counter with a crisp jab.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jedrzejczyk looks to land a body kick but Kubota moved away.
Kubota lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Kubota lands a slapping body shot.
Takeru Kubota is winning the standup battle so far.
Kubota bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Kubota steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Jedrzejczyk.
Kubota scores with a hook.
Kubota throws a head kick that misses.
Kubota looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Jedrzejczyk is looking to chop away at Kubota's legs.
Kubota is looking to counter punch.
Kubota jabs Jedrzejczyk right on the nose. Jedrzejczyk blinks but takes it well.
Kubota ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Jedrzejczyk moves away.
Jedrzejczyk throws a hook to the side of Kubota's head but Kubota sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Kubota looks to throw the jab but Jedrzejczyk is out of range.
Kubota takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Kubota throws a leg kick
and Jedrzejczyk counters with a nice body kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
An inside leg kick from Kubota misses.
Kubota pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Jedrzejczyk misses with a left hand
and Kubota counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Jedrzejczyk fails in his attempt to clinch.
Kubota pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Jedrzejczyk will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Kubota was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Kubota throws a solid leg kick but Jedrzejczyk takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Kubota.
Kubota lands with a nice body kick.
Jedrzejczyk misses with a straight right.
Jedrzejczyk throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Kubota sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with eachother but Jedrzejczyk might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Kubota has got the better of the exchanges.
Jedrzejczyk uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Kubota.
Jedrzejczyk misses with an uppercut.
Jedrzejczyk sizes up Kubota with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Jedrzejczyk takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kubota throws a nice inside leg kick.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Kubota.
Jedrzejczyk is looking to land body kicks.
Kubota ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Kubota throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Jab by Kubota.
Kubota pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Jedrzejczyk's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Kubota lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Kubota steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Jedrzejczyk.
Kubota cracks a nice hook into Jedrzejczyk's ribs.
Jedrzejczyk misses with a body shot.
Jedrzejczyk walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
A clash of legs there as Jedrzejczyk blocks the low kick.
Nice defenses there by Jedrzejczyk.
Kubota throws a hook to the side of Jedrzejczyk's head but Jedrzejczyk sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Jedrzejczyk - that will leave a mark!
Kubota looks to throw the jab but Jedrzejczyk is out of range.
This has been an exciting period of action!
The fighters circling - Kubota throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Kubota lands a lovely overhand right.
Kubota 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.
Kubota moves out of range of the leg kick from Jedrzejczyk.
Jedrzejczyk tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Kubota was well out of range. Poor timing from Jedrzejczyk.
Kubota moves out of range as Jedrzejczyk strikes.
Jedrzejczyk has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Kubota.
Kubota sizes up Jedrzejczyk with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Jedrzejczyk throws a sloppy head kick and Kubota moves out of range easily.
Kubota throws a body kick that misses
and Jedrzejczyk counters with a good low kick that Kubota was not able to check.
An inside leg kick lands from Kubota.
Jedrzejczyk keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Kubota.
Kubota throws a leg kick but Jedrzejczyk sees it coming and moves out of range.
A nice inside leg kick there by Kubota. That's going to slow Jedrzejczyk down.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Takeru Kubota dominated that second round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!
Jedrzejczyk throws a nice head kick!
Kubota lands a leg kick that knocks Jedrzejczyk off balance momentarily.
Kubota with a nice cross.
Kubota throws a big shot that misses.
Jedrzejczyk misses with a looping right.
Kubota connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Jedrzejczyk momentarily.
Kubota misses with a hook. Jedrzejczyk ducked under it nicely.
It seemed like Jedrzejczyk was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Jedrzejczyk pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
It looked like Kubota wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Kubota moves out of range of the body kick from Jedrzejczyk.
Jedrzejczyk lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kubota throws a body punch but Jedrzejczyk moves out of range.
Kubota jabs at Jedrzejczyk's body.
Jedrzejczyk jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Kubota is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Jedrzejczyk can do to turn this around?
Kubota thows a body kick. Jedrzejczyk tries to catch it but that hurt him.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Jedrzejczyk scores with a jab to the jaw.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jedrzejczyk misses with a hook.
Jedrzejczyk throws a big shot that misses.
Kubota is looking to counter punch.
Jedrzejczyk takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
That kick from Jedrzejczyk tenderised Kubota's leg. Kubota is trying to keep his angry face on.
Kubota thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Jedrzejczyk if he has to take too many more of those.
A nice leg kick lands there from Kubota.
Kubota dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Kubota connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Jedrzejczyk takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
A slow jab from Jedrzejczyk misses its intended target.
Jedrzejczyk rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Kubota counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Jedrzejczyk moves out of range of the leg kick from Kubota.
Kubota misses with a low kick.
Kubota throws the left hand but Jedrzejczyk avoids the punch easily.
Jedrzejczyk wants to counter the offense by Kubota and move into the clinch position.
A slapping leg kick lands for Kubota.
That's two 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!
Jedrzejczyk moves out of range of the strikes.
Jedrzejczyk throws a shot from downtown. Kubota moves away and avoids it.
Kubota looks to throw the jab but Jedrzejczyk is out of range.
An inside leg kick from Kubota misses.
Kubota pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
A big left from Kubota misses.
Jedrzejczyk throws out a counter right but Kubota avoids it with no problem.
Kubota connects with a leg kick. Jedrzejczyk looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
A big right from Kubota misses.
Kubota swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Jedrzejczyk scores with the left hand. Kubota knows he should have avoided that one.
Jedrzejczyk has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Jedrzejczyk moves out of range of the leg kick from Kubota.
Jedrzejczyk looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Kubota takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
A chopping leg kick lands by Jedrzejczyk.
Kubota misses with a body shot
and Jedrzejczyk counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A jab lands there for Kubota.
Kubota slips under a jab from Jedrzejczyk.
Jedrzejczyk with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Kubota to score with a decent uppercut.
The fighters circling - Kubota throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Kubota cracks the inside of Jedrzejczyk's front leg.
Jedrzejczyk avoids the body shot from Kubota.
Jedrzejczyk only half commits to the counter leg kick.
Jedrzejczyk lands the left hand.
Jedrzejczyk is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Kubota lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Kubota misses with an uppercut.
Kubota throws a body punch but Jedrzejczyk moves out of range.
Jedrzejczyk swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Kubota throws a jab but it's blocked by Jedrzejczyk.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jedrzejczyk keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A looping hook to the body misses from Jedrzejczyk. Kubota does a little dance to reset his feet.
Jedrzejczyk scores with a sloppy right hand. Kubota should have avoided that one.
Jedrzejczyk misses with a leg kick.
Nice body punch from Kubota.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Jedrzejczyk throws a right and a left that both miss.
Jedrzejczyk throws a nice looking combination but Kubota bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Jan Jedrzejczyk has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Jedrzejczyk throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Jedrzejczyk staying out of range there.
A jab from Jedrzejczyk misses.
Jedrzejczyk misses with a straight right.
Kubota looks to land a right hand but Jedrzejczyk moved out of range.
Kubota connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Kubota with a nice cross.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Takeru Kubota.
Well Kubota has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 30:27
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 30:27
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Takeru Kubota!
Takeru Kubota looked relieved post fight as he said the following; 'I am surprised I managed to make it to the fight, let alone win. I have been very sick and low on energy'.
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hype
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