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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Paddy Fagan (ranked 784 p4p, 103 weight class) and Toshi Hijikata (ranked 795 p4p, 105 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
15 - 10 - 1, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Paddy Fagan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
17 - 8 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Toshi Hijikata!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, Frank Antenori and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Fagan takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Fagan fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Hijikata manages to avoid it.
Fagan lands with an overhand left.
Hijikata misses with a body kick.
Fagan misses the shot to the body.
Hijikata cracks Fagan with a right hand to the side of the head.
Hijikata throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Hijikata looks to land a left hand but Fagan moved out of range nicely.
Fagan misses with an uppercut.
Fagan misses with a looping right.
Fagan on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Hijikata. Hijikata obviously looking to wear him down.
Hijikata keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Hijikata scoring well with a low kick there.
Fagan looks to score with a jab to the body but Hijikata is just out of range.
Fagan loads up on a big right hand but Hijikata slips the punch.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A jab from Fagan misses.
Hijikata defending well as Fagan loads up on a big left hand.
Hijikata feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Fagan's calf.
Hijikata feints and then cracks Fagan's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Fagan down.
Hijikata slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Fagan throws a shot from downtown. Hijikata moves away and avoids it.
Hijikata sizes up Fagan with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Hijikata moves away from the strike by Fagan.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Fagan throws a lazy uppercut
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Hijikata lands with a kick to the ribs.
Fagan misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Hijikata.
Fagan throws a hook to the side of Hijikata's head but Hijikata sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Hijikata lands a head shot.
Fagan tries to bum rush Hijikata with a series of wild strikes but Hijikata uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Hijikata only half commits to the counter leg kick.
Fagan swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
A nice leg kick lands there from Hijikata.
Fagan walks forward, straight into a front kick from Hijikata.
Hijikata misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Fagan misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Hijikata.
Fagan takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Hijikata keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Fagan.
Fagan lands with a hook. Hijikata tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Hijikata instigates a clinch.
Fagan tries to land a knee to the head but Hijikata blocks with his arms.
Hijikata lands a nice shot to the body.
Fagan lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Hijikata or not.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Fagan as Hijikata tries to tie him up.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Hijikata.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hijikata holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Hijikata scores with a nice hook to the head.
Hijikata can't find room to land a body shot as Fagan controls the action.
Fagan lands with a short shot to the head.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Hijikata.
Hijikata stalling.
Hijikata blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Fagan working aggressively here.
Hijikata gets through Fagan's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Fagan tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Hijikata tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Hijikata scores with a nice hook to the head.
Hijikata works on Fagan's body with a couple of short punches.
Fagan lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Fagan tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Hijikata.
Fagan blocks a body shot from Hijikata.
Hijikata working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Fagan lands a body punch in the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hijikata misses with a hook to the ribs.
Fagan blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Hijikata.
Hijikata can't find room to land a body shot as Fagan controls the action.
Hijikata swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Hijikata tries to work over Fagan's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Hijikata can't find room to land a body shot as Fagan controls the action.
Fagan misses with a punch on the inside.
Fagan connects with a knee to the head.
Hijikata's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Our sources have told us that Fagan has been working on his elbows in the gym.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Fagan.
Hijikata misses with a hook to the ribs.
Hijikata taking a breather.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Fagan.
Hijikata has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Fagan seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Hijikata can turn it around.
Hijikata lands a body punch in the clinch.
Fagan breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Fagan works Hijikata's body with a nice hook.
Hijikata scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hijikata lands a nice looking body shot.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A nice leg kick lands there from Hijikata.
Hijikata misses with a body kick.
Fagan with a hook.
Fagan throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Fagan misses with a looping left.
Hijikata uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Fagan.
Fagan tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Hijikata was well out of range. Poor timing from Fagan.
Hijikata moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Hijikata with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Hijikata is looking to clinch.
Fagan fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Hijikata on the side of the head.
Fagan is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
A nice leg kick lands there from Hijikata.
Fagan looks to throw the jab but Hijikata is out of range.
Fagan swings for the body but Hijikata moves out of range.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Hijikata fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Fagan.
Fagan throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Hijikata ducks under a wild hook from Fagan.
Hijikata tries to clinch but Fagan is having none of it.
A nice inside leg kick there by Hijikata. That's going to slow Fagan down.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Toshi Hijikata 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.
Fagan tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Fagan gets cracked there but stands up to it.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Fagan crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Hijikata - the referee stops the clock and Fagan gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Hijikata. Fagan manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Hijikata scoring well with a low kick there.
Hijikata keeps Fagan at a distance using the push kick.
Hijikata closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Fagan blocks a body shot from Hijikata.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Hijikata as Fagan tries to tie him up.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Fagan.
A short left from Hijikata.
Nice body punch from Hijikata - that landed with a thud.
Fagan misses with a body punch.
Hijikata lands with a short head shot on the inside.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Hijikata in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
Fagan lands a shoulder strike.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Hijikata.
Fagan lands a body shot in the clinch.
Hijikata tries to throw a body punch but Fagan avoids it by throwing Hijikata back against the cage.
Hijikata blocks the elbow strike.
Hijikata softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hijikata scores with a shoulder strike.
Fagan throws a head punch that misses.
Hijikata tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Fagan lands a body shot.
Hijikata effectively controlling the action here.
Fagan doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Hijikata misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Fagan throws a punch but it's blocked by Hijikata.
Hijikata has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Hijikata lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Fagan.
Fagan stalling.
Hijikata blocks a body shot from Fagan.
Fagan scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Still in the clinch, Hijikata scores with a nice short uppercut.
Fagan trying to control the position but instead, Hijikata has worked for underhooks and has pushed Fagan into the cage.
Hijikata tries a body shot but Fagan blocks it.
Hijikata lands a left hand that snaps the head of Fagan backwards.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hijikata softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Hijikata makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Hijikata digs a right hand into Fagan's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Fagan's gas tank.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Still in the clinch, Hijikata scores with a nice short uppercut.
Fagan is rocked!
Hijikata lands a body shot.
Oh Fagan is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Hijikata misses with a body punch.
Fagan seems to have got his legs back now.
Fagan stalling in the clinch but Hijikata improves position.
Hijikata lands a hook that snaps the head of Fagan backwards.
Fagan lands a nice shot to the body.
A short uppercut from Hijikata.
Hijikata displaying some good clinch control by pressing Fagan up against the cage.
Fagan lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Hijikata backwards.
Hijikata misses with the head strike.
Hijikata is pushing Fagan up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Fagan has a couple of punches blocked by Hijikata.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Fagan.
Hijikata tries to stall but Fagan uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Hijikata lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Hijikata lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Fagan backwards.
A head punch on the inside from Fagan fails to land.
Toshi Hijikata seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
A bit of stalling here from Hijikata.
Hijikata is leaning against Fagan and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Fagan blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Fagan lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Hijikata or not.
Hijikata cracks Fagan with a nice body shot.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Fagan.
Hijikata lands a body punch in the clinch.
Hijikata misses with the head strike.
Hijikata working aggressively here.
Hijikata misses with a hook to the ribs.
Hijikata misses with a hook to the ribs.
Fagan doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Fagan misses with a punch to the body.
A hook to the body from Fagan.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hijikata misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Hijikata tries to throw a body punch but Fagan avoids it by throwing Hijikata back against the cage.
Hijikata pushes Fagan back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Hijikata presses Fagan against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Hijikata manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Hijikata misses with a short punch on the inside.
Hijikata blocks an uppercut.
Fagan misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Fagan can't find room to land a body shot as Hijikata controls the action.
Fagan lands with a right to the head.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Fagan.
Hijikata can't find room to land a body shot as Fagan controls the action.
Fagan throws a head punch that misses.
Fagan lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Hijikata blocking some punches.
Fagan tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Hijikata misses with a body punch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Toshi Hijikata showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!
Fagan lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Hijikata at a distance.
Fagan missing with a left hand there. Hijikata was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Fagan lands with a good body shot.
Fagan loads up on a big right hand but Hijikata slips the punch.
Hijikata looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Fagan misses with a few strikes there.
Hijikata wants to counter with a clinch but Fagan pushes him away.
Hijikata moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Fagan throws a hook but Hijikata avoids it easily.
A nice inside leg kick there by Hijikata. That's going to slow Fagan down.
Hijikata takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Fagan misses with a hook to the body
and Hijikata counters with a nice low kick that buckles Fagan's knee momentarily.
Hijikata lands with a hook. Fagan tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Hijikata throws a half hearted mid kick.
Hijikata lands a nice leg kick that just misses Fagan's sensitive parts.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Hijikata throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Fagan stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Hijikata tries to move into range but Fagan moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Fagan avoids a kick to the body.
Hijikata avoids the body shot from Fagan.
Fagan missing with a left hand there. Hijikata was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Hijikata displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Fagan throws out the jab.
Fagan gets tackled into the cage by Hijikata. Hijikata maintains the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hijikata tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Fagan's elbow.
Hijikata presses Fagan against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Fagan blocks an uppercut.
Hijikata goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Hijikata lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
A short uppercut from Hijikata.
Fagan scores with a shoulder strike.
Hijikata doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Fagan lands a left hand that snaps the head of Hijikata backwards.
Hijikata wants to stall.
Fagan lands a shot to the body.
Hijikata is looking to control Fagan's arms but Fagan gets an underhook and turns him. Now Hijikata has his back to the cage.
Hijikata doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Hijikata is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Fagan struggles to land a body shot inside as Hijikata controls his hands.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fagan's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Fagan misses with a left hand
and Hijikata counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Hijikata has managed to clinch.
Hijikata throws a punch but it's blocked by Fagan.
Fagan tries to work over Hijikata's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Fagan doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Hijikata lands with a short shot to the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A right hand to the body from Hijikata.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Fagan's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Hijikata working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Hijikata tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Hijikata avoiding damage.
Hijikata blocks a body shot from Fagan.
Fagan digs a right hand into Hijikata's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Hijikata's gas tank.
Fagan blocks a body shot from Hijikata.
Hijikata blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Hijikata makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Fagan lands an elbow inside that Hijikata shrugs off.
Paddy Fagan has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hijikata blocks a punch to the side of the head.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Fagan swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Hijikata blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Fagan blocks an uppercut.
Hijikata tries a body shot but Fagan blocks it.
Hijikata struggles to land a body shot inside as Fagan controls his hands.
Fagan digs a right hand underneath Hijikata's ribcage. Hijikata let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Hijikata throws a punch but it's blocked by Fagan.
Fagan goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Hijikata lands a shoulder strike.
Still in the clinch, Hijikata scores with a nice short uppercut.
Fagan lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Hijikata tries to throw a body punch but Fagan avoids it by throwing Hijikata back against the cage.
Hijikata misses with the head strike.
Toshi Hijikata is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Fagan swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Fagan throws a head punch that misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hijikata blocks an elbow strike.
Fagan is trying to force a seperation but Hijikata has the dominant position.
Fagan tries to land a knee to the head but Hijikata blocks with his arms.
Fagan tries to work over Hijikata's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Hijikata lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Fagan backwards.
Fagan working aggressively here.
A nice right hand lands inside from Hijikata.
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!
A battle for position here, against the cage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Fagan.
Fagan swings wildly with an uppercut but Hijikata uses good head movement to avoid it.
And that's the end of the fight!
Toshi Hijikata comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Hijikata has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 27:30
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 27:30
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Toshi Hijikata!
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