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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Hiroki Tomori (ranked 2243 p4p, 114 weight class) and Black Alligator (ranked 2066 p4p, 108 weight class). Alligator has chosen Golden Features - Always as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!
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142 lbs
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142 lbs
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Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
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
10 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Hiroki Tomori!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
9 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Black Alligator!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, Frank Antenori and Timothy Bukovac.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tomori has Alligator up against the cage in a clinch.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Tomori.
Alligator blocks an uppercut.
Alligator blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Alligator has a couple of punches blocked by Tomori.
Tomori lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Tomori tries to throw a body punch but Alligator avoids it by throwing Tomori back against the cage.
Tomori goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Tomori lands a nice elbow.
Tomori has Alligator pressed against the cage, preventing Alligator from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Tomori prevents Alligator from breaking the clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Tomori fails to land.
Tomori tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tomori stalling the fight.
Tomori tries a body shot but Alligator blocks it.
Alligator prevents a body shot from Tomori.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Alligator.
Tomori goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Alligator avoiding damage as Tomori throws knees to the body.
Tomori swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Tomori misses with some punches.
Tomori lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Tomori working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Alligator blocks an elbow strike.
Tomori taking a breather.
Tomori leaning against his opponent.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tomori misses with a hook to the ribs.
Tomori misses with some punches.
Tomori fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Tomori misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Alligator.
Alligator will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Tomori up against the cage.
Tomori takes a shot to the head.
Tomori trying to land knees to the body.
Alligator avoids the elbow strike from Tomori, against the cage.
Tomori fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Alligator prevents a body shot from Tomori.
Alligator pushes Tomori back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Tomori breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Alligator circles away from the clinch attempt.
Tomori closes the distance and clinches.
Alligator scores with a nice hook to the head.
Tomori misses with a hook from the clinch.
Our sources have told us that Tomori has been working on his elbows in the gym.
Tomori dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Tomori escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Tomori darts in and clinches Alligator up against the cage.
Alligator controlling the action here for a moment.
A nice left hand lands by Alligator.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tomori dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Tomori tries a body shot but Alligator blocks it.
Tomori misses with a hook from the clinch.
Tomori escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Tomori is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Tomori moves into the clinch.
Tomori breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Tomori closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Hiroki Tomori dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Tomori closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Alligator's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Tomori closes the distance and clinches.
Tomori is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Alligator can do to turn this around?
Tomori displaying some good clinch control by pressing Alligator up against the cage.
Alligator being controlled against the cage.
Tomori misses with a hook to the ribs.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Tomori avoiding damage.
Tomori swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Alligator pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tomori looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Alligator replies with a solid counter kick to the body but Tomori blocks it well.
Tomori clinches up against the cage.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Tomori as Alligator tries to tie him up.
Alligator has had enough of the clinch but Tomori keeps him there for the moment.
Tomori misses with a body punch.
Alligator is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Tomori lands a right hand.
Alligator blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
The referee calls for Tomori to work.
Tomori tries to land knees in the clinch but Alligator avoids the damage to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tomori misses with a hook to the ribs.
Tomori lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Alligator backwards.
Tomori misses with an elbow strike.
Alligator letting Tomori take a breather here.
Tomori is stalling here.
A nice right hand lands inside from Tomori.
Tomori can't find room to land a body shot as Alligator controls the action.
Alligator controlling the action here for a moment.
A nice right hand lands inside from Tomori.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tomori misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Tomori misses with a hook from the clinch.
Tomori breaks from the clinch.
Tomori tries to close the distance and clinch up but Alligator swats him away and circles back towards the center.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Alligator! But no joy.
Tomori rushes Alligator and presses him up against the cage.
Hiroki Tomori has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Alligator is leaning against Tomori and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Alligator breaks the clinch.
Tomori clinches up against the cage.
Alligator tries to circle away but Tomori has him pinned against the cage.
Tomori throws a punch but it's blocked by Alligator.
Tomori missing with knees to the body.
Tomori trying to land knees to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tomori pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Tomori pushes Alligator up against the cage in a clinch.
A short right from Tomori on the inside.
Tomori throws a knee to the head but misses.
A head punch on the inside from Alligator fails to land.
Tomori controlling the action here for a moment.
Tomori swings wildly with an uppercut but Alligator uses good head movement to avoid it.
Alligator's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Tomori moves into the clinch 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!
Tomori tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Alligator avoids it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Hiroki Tomori dominated that second 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. This is the final round!
Tomori rushes Alligator and presses him up against the cage.
Tomori throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Tomori is struggling to control the position.
Tomori throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Tomori misses with a body punch.
Tomori is struggling to control the position.
Tomori swings away with an uppercut that misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Alligator misses with a punch to the body.
Tomori breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Alligator keeps the fight on the outside.
Tomori moves in looking to clinch but Alligator pushes him off.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tomori moves to clinch but Alligator breaks away
and Alligator makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Tomori tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Tomori fails with an attempt to clinch.
Alligator looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Alligator swats away the attempt to clinch by Tomori.
Alligator doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Hiroki Tomori seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Tomori is looking to clinch.
Tomori is looking to clinch but Alligator is avoiding it.
Alligator is looking for the big counter here.
Tomori swings for the body but Alligator moves out of range.
Alligator was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
Alligator circles away from the clinch attempt.
Tomori tries to close the distance and clinch but Alligator swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Alligator keeps the fight on the outside.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tomori clinches up with Alligator and pushes him back against the cage.
Alligator tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Tomori tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Alligator's elbow.
Black Alligator has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Tomori tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Alligator stalling in the clinch but Tomori improves position.
Alligator lands with a short head shot on the inside.
A short uppercut from Tomori.
Tomori has Alligator pushed against the cage.
Alligator trying to control the position but instead, Tomori has worked for underhooks and has pushed Alligator into the cage.
Tomori throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A short right from Tomori.
Tomori misses with a punch on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Tomori.
Alligator escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Tomori tries to clinch up.
Tomori tries to clinch up.
Alligator replies with a solid counter kick to the body but Tomori blocks it well.
Tomori wants to clinch.
A little jabbing left from Alligator on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Tomori fails with an attempt to clinch.
Alligator doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Tomori tries to clinch but Alligator moves out of range.
Tomori tries to clinch there but Alligator circles away.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tomori tries to clinch there but Alligator circles away.
Alligator is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Tomori with a body shot.
Tomori has taken the fight to the clinch.
Tomori lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Hiroki Tomori is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Tomori misses with a hook from the clinch.
Alligator misses with a hook from the clinch.
Alligator misses with a short punch on the inside.
Tomori misses with the head strike.
Tomori is looking for a takedown.
Alligator pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Black Alligator is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Tomori tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Alligator manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Alligator keeps the fight on the outside.
Alligator swats away the attempt to clinch by Tomori.
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 Hiroki Tomori.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Tomori, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Jack Bonds scores the fight 30:27
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 30:27
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Hiroki Tomori!
Black Alligator was interviewed post fight and said 'Aarrrghhhhhhhh.......
You got the best of me this time, Ill mash you up next time....
I know you'll feel it in the morning.'.
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hype
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