CHOKE Glory Tour Vol. 1 PBP Commentary

Undercard bout

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Osuka Kasumia (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tyson Rios (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rios has chosen Their Law as his entrance music. Osuka Kasumia has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Kasumia
vs
Rios

185 cm
23
185 lbs
5 - 4 - 0

175 cm
23
195 lbs
6 - 5 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Knockout power

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Osuka Kasumia!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Tyson Rios!
The judges for this bout are Taro Takaoka, Shigeki Sano and Yukihiro Shimada.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kasumia lands a big head kick that sends Rios to the canvas! Kasumia follows up with strikes from the mount that forces the ref to step in and stop the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:05 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Osuka Kasumia!

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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
A | B

FIGHT
RATING
13%

Undercard bout

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Camron Crawford (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Genki Sodo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Genki Sodo has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Crawford
vs
Sodo

165 cm
23
151 lbs
6 - 6 - 0

176 cm
22
154 lbs
3 - 4 - 1

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Experienced

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Camron Crawford!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 4 - 1, fighting out of Tokyo, Genki Sodo!
The judges for this bout are Sosuke Kotani, Yukihiro Shimada and Yuuki Gou.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Crawford swats away the attempt to clinch by Sodo.
Sodo avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Sodo shoots in for a takedown but Crawford shows good takedown defense.
Crawford throws a head kick but Sodo moves out of range.
Sodo fails with the takedown.
Sodo throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Crawford connects with a jab.
Sodo ducks under a wild hook from Crawford.
Sodo fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Camron Crawford has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Genki Sodo.
Sodo shoots in for a takedown but Crawford shows good takedown defense.
Sodo tries to grapple but his opponent circles

and Crawford moves into the clinch.
Crawford scores with a knee to the head.
Sodo avoids a wild elbow strike from Crawford.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Crawford slowing the pace effectively.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Crawford breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Sodo shoots and misses
and Crawford counters with a straight right hand.
Sodo misses with a takedown
and Crawford counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Sodo looks gassed!
Crawford fails in his attempt to clinch.
Sodo closes the distance looking to clinch
and Crawford counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Sodo with a poor takedown

and Crawford counters by moving into the clinch.
Sodo takes a knee right on the jaw!
Crawford is pushing Sodo up against the ropes, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Crawford comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Crawford wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Crawford lands an elbow inside that Sodo shrugs off.
Crawford with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are pressed against the ropes, as the pace of the fight slows.
Crawford lands with a right to the head.
Crawford can't break the clinch.
Crawford tries a knee to the head but Sodo blocks it.
Crawford tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Crawford stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Crawford wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Sodo has him pressed against the ropes.
Crawford is trying to break the clinch but Sodo has him pressed against the ropes.
Sodo fails to pull guard.
Crawford looking to slow down the pace here.
Sodo keeps control of Crawford as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Nice elbow from Crawford.
Crawford is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Crawford throws a knee to the head but misses.

Crawford manages to break the clinch.
Sodo uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Crawford.
Sodo throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Camron Crawford is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

Sodo clinches.
Crawford looking to throw knees to the head but Sodo is blocking nicely.
Crawford wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Crawford wants to get back to striking at distance but Sodo won't allow it.
Crawford wants to break free but Sodo has control.

Crawford escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Crawford waving his hands out infront of him, looking to distract Sodo.
Sodo doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Crawford counters with a lovely straight right hand!

Sodo drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Crawford is looking for a sweep.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Crawford wants to get back to his feet.

Sodo goes for an armbar! This could be all over! Wait, no, Crawford rolls with the submission and now he's on top in Sodo's guard! Nice work there by Crawford!
Sodo wants to sweep but no luck.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.

Sodo working for a triangle but Crawford defends it easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Camron Crawford dominated that round.
That's time! Crawford's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Crawford moves into the clinch.
Crawford stops a takedown attempt from Sodo.
With the fighters up against the ropes, Crawford throws an elbow but misses.
Crawford lands an elbow just above Sodo 's eye.
Crawford is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Sodo managing to block the knees to the body from Crawford.
Sodo blocks an elbow strike from Crawford.

Crawford breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

Crawford moves into range and clinches up with Sodo.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sodo tries for a takedown but Crawford manages to get underhooks.
Sodo keeps control of Crawford as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Crawford wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Crawford wants to break free but Sodo has control.

Crawford breaks the clinch.
Sodo misses with a takedown attempt
and Crawford counters with a straight right hand.
Camron Crawford has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Genki Sodo.
Sodo is breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Crawford misses with a jab, cross combination.
Crawford misses with a straight right.
Sodo shoots in but doesn't get the takedown

and Crawford counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Crawford.
Crawford throws a knee to the head but misses.
A knee to the head by Crawford.
Sodo jumps guard but Crawford stands there with Sodo around his waist. Sodo gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Crawford gets underhooks to prevent Sodo's takedown attempt.
Crawford is trying to break the clinch but Sodo has him pressed against the ropes.
Crawford taking a breather.
Crawford throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Crawford with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Crawford lands an elbow inside that Sodo shrugs off.
Crawford is looking to control Sodo's arms but Sodo gets an underhook and turns him. Now Crawford has his back to the ropes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Crawford misses with a punch on the inside.
Crawford lands an elbow inside.
Crawford misses with an elbow over the top.
Sodo avoiding damage as Crawford throws knees to the body.
A knee to the head by Crawford.
Sodo blocks an elbow strike from Crawford.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Crawford.
Sodo tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Crawford smiles and moves away.
Sodo fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Crawford manages to avoid it.
Sodo lands a two punch combo.
Sodo shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Crawford makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Sodo looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sodo slips under a jab from Crawford.
Sodo takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Sodo with a poor takedown
and Crawford counters with a left and a right that stings Sodo.
Sodo gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Crawford is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Crawford connects with a single shot there.
Crawford wants to clinch

and Sodo counters with a single leg into guard. Crawford didn't expect that.
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!

Crawford has butterfly guard. He's looking to stand up here. He pushes Sodo off him and springs to his feet nicely. The crowd applauds.
Crawford doesn't manage to clinch there - Sodo circles away.
Sodo avoids a punch combination nicely.
Crawford lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sodo with a poor takedown
and Sodo takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Crawford clobbers Sodo with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Crawford is looking to slow Sodo down with leg kicks.
Sodo keeps the fight on the outside.
Crawford doesn't manage to clinch there - Sodo circles away.
Sodo misses with a takedown attempt
letting Crawford counter with a right hand.
Crawford tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Sodo with a poor takedown
and Sodo takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Sodo tries to close the distance and clinch up but Crawford swats him away and circles back towards the center.

Crawford pushes Sodo up against the ropes in a clinch.
Sodo takes an elbow to the temple.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Sodo avoids the elbow strike from Crawford, against the ropes.
Crawford looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Crawford wants to get back to striking at distance but Sodo won't allow it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Camron Crawford dominated that second round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

Sodo avoids the head kick by Crawford.
Sodo fails with the takedown
and Crawford connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Crawford connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Sodo keeps the fight on the outside.
Crawford tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Sodo on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Crawford takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Some wild striking there from Crawford.
Crawford tries to clinch up but Sodo circles away and keeps his distance.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sodo doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Crawford counters with a left and a right that stings Sodo.
Sodo avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Crawford tries to close the distance and clinch but Sodo swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sodo with a poor takedown
and Crawford counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Camron Crawford has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Genki Sodo.
Crawford connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Crawford wants to clinch up but Sodo keeps it at a distance.
Crawford lands a lovely overhand right.
Crawford thows a left - swing and a miss!
Sodo tries a head kick but it misses.
Sodo staying out of range there.
Sodo takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Sodo gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Sodo circles away from the clinch attempt.
Sodo with a poor takedown
and Crawford counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Crawford connects with a good right hand that stumbles Sodo. Sodo circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Camron Crawford is winning the standup battle so far.
Crawford looks to land a left hand but Sodo moved out of range nicely.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Crawford misses with a straight left.
Sodo doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Crawford counters with a straight right hand.
Sodo blocks a head kick by Crawford.
Sodo circles away from the clinch attempt.
Crawford tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Sodo keeps Crawford at a distance using the push kick.

Crawford gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Crawford lands a shot to the body.
Crawford throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Sodos head.

Crawford escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Sodo fails with the takedown
and Crawford counters with a leg kick.

Crawford has closed the distance and engaged Sodo in a clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
With the two fighters working up against the ropes, Crawford just misses with a elbow thrown towards Sodo's brow.
Crawford wants to break the clinch but can't.
Sodo letting Crawford take a breather here.
Sodo takes a knee right on the jaw!

Sodo gets control of Crawford's arms and successfully pulls guard. Sodo will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.
Sodo manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Sodo lands a heavy elbow.
Genki Sodo has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Sodo pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sodo thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
Sodo throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Sodo wants to take Crawford's back but he can't do it this time.

Sodo goes for an armbar but he's fallen flat on his backside there and now Crawford is on top in guard.
Sodo has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.

Crawford decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Sodo, up you get!

And that's the end of the fight!
Camron Crawford showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Crawford, 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 Sosuke Kotani scores the fight 30:27
Judge Yukihiro Shimada scores the fight 30:27
Judge Yuuki Gou scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Camron Crawford!

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hype
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pop
A | B

mgr
A | B

FIGHT
RATING
50%

Undercard bout

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Tommy Knocker (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Akio Yumi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Akio Yumi acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the ring.

Knocker
vs
Yumi

180 cm
23
180 lbs
5 - 6 - 0

180 cm
23
178 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent elbows
Experienced

Decent wrestler
Good kicks
Solid chin

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 5 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Tommy Knocker!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Akio Yumi!
The judges for this bout are Tatsuya Matsuyama, Yukihiro Yamamoto and Shirou Masuda.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Knocker takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
A nice leg kick lands there from Yumi.
Yumi scores with a leg kick.
Akio Yumi seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Knocker moves out of range of the body kick from Yumi.
Yumi lands a high kick!

It looks like Tommy Knocker has been cut.
Yumi throws a low kick but Knocker avoids it.
Knocker fails with an attempt to clinch.
Yumi scores with a push kick.
Knocker wants to clinch up but Yumi keeps it at a distance.
Yumi pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Yumi connects with a high kick.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Horrible takedown by Knocker or perhaps it was just good defense by Yumi which made him look bad.
Knocker doesn't manage to clinch there - Yumi circles away.

Yumi moves into the clinch.
Yumi tries a knee to the head but Knocker blocks it.
Yumi tries to land knees in the clinch but Knocker avoids the damage to the body.
A battle for position here, against the ropes.
Yumi throws a knee to the head but misses.
Yumi throws an elbow but it misses.
Knocker wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Yumi tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Yumi looking to throw knees to the head but Knocker is blocking nicely.
Yumi tries to land knees in the clinch but Knocker avoids the damage to the body.
Knocker creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Yumi's defenses.
Yumi is trying to maintain a safe position but Knocker gets an underhook and turns Yumi into the ropes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Knocker tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Knocker connects with a knee to the head.
Yumi looking to throw knees to the head but Knocker is blocking nicely.

Knocker manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back.
Yumi slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
Knocker wants to sweep but no luck.
Knocker is breathing heavily.

Knocker has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Yumi can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Yumi wants to pass the guard but Knocker is keeping the position.
Yumi trying to control the position from guard on top but Knocker is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

Knocker has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Yumi can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Knocker looking to control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Knocker looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Yumi slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Yumi is maintaining the dominant position - no doubt Knocker will start to get frustrated soon if he's not already.
You can see the frustration on Knocker's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Knocker is not content to let Yumi control the position.
Yumi tries to move into full mount but can't pass Knocker's legs.
The referee tells the fighters to keep busy.
Yumi misses with the ground and pound.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Knocker gets back to half guard.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Yumi controlling the action here.
Yumi wants to control but Knocker is keeping him busy.
Yumi content to control rather than advance.
Yumi is keen to just control but Knocker is a slippery customer.
Yumi is trying to get back to his feet now but his leg is trapped.

Knocker actively working from the bottom here.
Yumi is trying to control the action in half guard but Knocker is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Yumi thows a body kick. Knocker tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Yumi keeps the fight on the outside.
Good leg kick by Yumi there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
An inside leg kick from Yumi misses.
Yumi circles away from the clinch attempt.
Yumi lands with a kick to the ribs.

Yumi gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Yumi throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Yumi tries a knee to the head but Knocker blocks it.
Yumi lands a knee to the head.
Knocker blocks an elbow strike.
Knocker tries to pull guard but Yumi holds him up against the ropes and eventually Knocker drops back down to his feet.
Yumi misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Knocker.
Knocker lands an elbow just above Yumi 's eye.
Knocker avoiding damage as Yumi throws knees to the body.
Knocker using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Yumi has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Knocker landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
A knee to the head by Knocker.
Yumi landing knees to the body.
Yumi with a knee to the head.
Yumi missing with knees to the body.
Yumi tries a knee to the head but Knocker blocks it.
Yumi tries to land a knee to the head but Knocker blocks with his arms.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Akio Yumi dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Tommy Knocker's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Knocker checks a low kick from Yumi.
Knocker wants to clinch.
A bone on bone clash there as Knocker blocks the leg kick.
Yumi tries to clinch up.

Knocker tries to keep at a distance but Yumi has taken the fight into the clinch.
Nice elbow from Yumi.
Nice elbow from Yumi.
Yumi with an attempt at a knee that misses.
A knee to the head by Knocker.
Knocker on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Yumi comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Knocker looking to throw knees to the head but Yumi is blocking nicely.
Knocker wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Yumi tries to land a knee to the head but Knocker blocks with his arms.
Yumi missing with knees to the body.
Knocker landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Knocker leaning against his opponent.
Knocker with a knee to the head.
Yumi stalling in the clinch but Knocker improves position.
Yumi takes a knee right on the jaw!
Knocker looking to throw knees to the head but Yumi is blocking nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Knocker takes an elbow to the temple.
Yumi managing to block the knees to the body from Knocker.
A knee to the head by Yumi.
Knocker tries a knee to the head but Yumi blocks it.
Knocker on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Knocker with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Yumi tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Knocker looking to throw knees to the head but Yumi is blocking nicely.
Yumi lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Knocker blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Knocker throws an elbow but it misses.
Knocker is trying to break the clinch but Yumi has him pressed against the ropes.
Yumi with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Nice elbow from Yumi.
Knocker with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Knocker is trying to drag Yumi to the mat but Yumi just about manages to keep his footing. He used the ropes to his advantage there.
Yumi stalls.
Knocker on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Yumi is trying to stall.
Knocker tries to land a knee to the head but Yumi blocks with his arms.
Knocker lands a nice elbow from the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Knocker throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Yumi blocks it with crossed arms.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Yumi.
Knocker managing to block the knees to the body from Yumi.
Yumi tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Knocker managing to block the knees to the body from Yumi.
Knocker connects with a nasty looking knee right to Yumi's face.
Yumi using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Knocker has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Yumi misses with a knee to the head.
Knocker crunches a lovely knee into Yumi's ribcage.
Yumi on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Yumi misses with a knee strike.
Yumi tries to land a knee to the head but Knocker blocks with his arms.
Knocker wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.

Knocker decides to pull guard.

Knocker is looking for a triangle but Yumi pushes his legs off easily.
Yumi tries to free his leg and advance position but Knocker is retaining full guard.

Knocker is looking for a triangle but Yumi pushes his legs off easily.

Knocker looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Yumi passes Knocker's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Knocker is refusing to be controlled, as Yumi sits in half guard.
Yumi might have to switch it up a bit here because his efforts to control Knocker kaven't been going to plan, at least at the current moment in time.
Knocker is trying to get back to full guard.
Yumi sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Knocker defending well though.
Yumi prevents Knocker from improving his position.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Yumi swats away the attempt to clinch by Knocker.

Yumi fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Knocker, pushing him back against the ropes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Yumi lands a damaging elbow.
Yumi looking to slow down the pace here.
Yumi tries to land a knee to the head but Knocker blocks with his arms.
Yumi avoids the elbow strike from Knocker, against the ropes.
Knocker takes a knee right on the jaw!
Knocker is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Yumi wants to stall.
Yumi using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Knocker lands an elbow that stopped Yumi in his tracks for a moment.
Knocker avoids the elbow strike from Yumi, against the ropes.
Knocker unloads a knee to the mid-section. Yumi lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Knocker managing to block the knees to the body from Yumi.
Knocker with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Knocker takes a knee right on the jaw!
Yumi connects with a knee to the head.
Knees in the clinch landing for Yumi.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Yumi using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Knocker has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Knocker lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Knocker tries to land a knee to the head but Yumi blocks with his arms.
Yumi missing with knees to the body.
Yumi crunches a lovely knee into Knocker's ribcage.
Knocker takes a knee right on the jaw!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Akio Yumi will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Tommy Knocker's cut.
That's time! Knocker's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!

Knocker tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Knocker closes the distance but Yumi moves to the side
and Yumi counters with a nice kick to the body.
Knocker tries to close the distance and clinch up but Yumi swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Knocker blocks a head kick by Yumi.
Knocker stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Yumi.
Knocker tries to clinch but Yumi moves away

and Yumi counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Yumi.
Knocker connects with a knee to the head.
Yumi avoiding damage as Knocker throws knees to the body.
Yumi lands a knee to the body.
Yumi tries to land knees in the clinch but Knocker avoids the damage to the body.
Yumi lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Knocker trying to stall but Yumi improves his position.
Knocker blocks the elbow strike.
Yumi misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Knocker.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A knee to the head by Knocker.
Knocker throws a knee to the head but misses.
Knocker trying to land knees to the body.
Yumi lands a damaging elbow.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Yumi gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Knocker is stalling here.
Yumi tries to land knees in the clinch but Knocker avoids the damage to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Yumi looking to stall.
Yumi throws a knee to the head but misses.
Knocker avoids a wild elbow strike from Yumi.
Yumi misses with a knee to the head.
Yumi misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Knocker.
A knee to the head by Knocker.
Knocker blocks an elbow strike.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Stalling in the clinch from Yumi.
Knocker tries a knee to the head but Yumi blocks it.
Yumi blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Knocker as Yumi tries to tie him up.
Knocker tries a knee to the head but Yumi blocks it.
Yumi looking to stall.
Knocker on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Yumi throws a knee to the head but misses.
Knocker landing knees to the body.
Yumi with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Nice elbow from Yumi.
Knocker wants to stall.
Knocker misses with a knee strike.
Yumi trying to control the position but instead, Knocker has worked for underhooks and has pushed Yumi into the ropes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Yumi prevents a takedown attempt there.
Yumi throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Knocker blocks it with crossed arms.
Knocker blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Knocker throws a knee to the head but misses.
Yumi misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Knocker.
Knocker with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Knocker with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Yumi misses with an elbow over the top.
Yumi with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Knocker looking to throw knees to the head but Yumi is blocking nicely.
Yumi avoiding damage as Knocker throws knees to the body.
Yumi missing with knees to the body.
Knocker landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Yumi gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Yumi tries to land knees in the clinch but Knocker avoids the damage to the body.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Yumi as Knocker tries to tie him up.
Knocker lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Yumi using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Knocker has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Knocker wants a takedown.
Knocker is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Knocker with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Yumi is trying to maintain a safe position but Knocker gets an underhook and turns Yumi into the ropes.
Knocker blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Yumi tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Knocker leaning against his opponent.
Yumi avoids the elbow strike from Knocker, against the ropes.
Yumi connects with a nasty looking knee right to Knocker's face.
Yumi using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Knocker has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Yumi stops a takedown attempt from Knocker.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Tommy Knocker. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Yumi.
Yumi is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Knocker trying to control the position but instead, Yumi has worked for underhooks and has pushed Knocker into the ropes.
Akio Yumi is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Yumi missing with knees to the body.
Yumi lands an elbow inside that Knocker shrugs off.
Knocker tries to land a knee to the head but Yumi blocks with his arms.
Yumi blocks the elbow strike.
Yumi stalling the fight.
Yumi misses with a knee to the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Knocker blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Knocker looking to stall.
Yumi comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Yumi blocks the elbow strike.
Knocker wants a takedown but no success here.
Knocker takes a knee right on the jaw!
Yumi tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Knocker trying to stall but Yumi improves his position.
Tommy Knocker has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Yumi creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Knocker's defenses.
Knocker tries to land a knee to the head but Yumi blocks with his arms.
Yumi unloads a knee to the mid-section. Knocker lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Yumi with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Knees in the clinch landing for Yumi.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Knocker scores with a knee to the head.
Knocker misses with a knee to the head.
Knocker looking to throw knees to the head but Yumi is blocking nicely.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Yumi.
Knocker tries a knee to the head but Yumi blocks it.
Yumi lands an elbow inside that Knocker shrugs off.

And that's the end of the fight!
Akio Yumi comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Yumi winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Tatsuya Matsuyama scores the fight 27:30
Judge Yukihiro Yamamoto scores the fight 27:30
Judge Shirou Masuda scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Akio Yumi!

C
A

C
B

energy
A | B

hype
A | B

pop
A | B

mgr
A | B

FIGHT
RATING
43%

Undercard bout

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Charlie Chinatown (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Chanarong Dhanarajata (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chinatown comes to the ring accompanied by Cocaine in my brain - Dillinger. Dhanarajata has chosen Jorge Quintero as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.

Chinatown
vs
Dhanarajata

183 cm
21
180 lbs
8 - 2 - 0

181 cm
22
171 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Big heart

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Tends to cut

TFP Graphics
Lightning Fight Gear

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 8 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Charlie Chinatown!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Chanarong Dhanarajata!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Yamamoto, Shigeki Sano and Kenichi Hosakawa.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dhanarajata cracks Chinatown with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Dhanarajata feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Chinatown's calf.
Dhanarajata throws a solid leg kick but Chinatown takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Dhanarajata.

Dhanarajata throws a head kick that lands with a deafening thwack! The crowd roars as Chinatown stumbles backwards and falls to the mat. Dhanarajata follows into mount!

Chinatown is rocked!

It looks like Charlie Chinatown has been cut.
Chinatown regains half guard.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Chinatown trying to control but Dhanarajata postures up.
Dhanarajata with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
Chinatown is looking for a sweep. Dhanarajata is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Chinatown is working hard here to advance position.
Dhanarajata wants to free his trapped foot but Chinatown is holding on for dear life with his legs.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Chinatown tries to get to full guard but Dhanarajata has control of the leg.
Chinatown is looking to control Dhanarajata's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Chinatown avoid being mounted?

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Dhanarajata with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Chinatown looks for a takedown but Dhanarajata sprawls well.

Chinatown closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Dhanarajata is trying to improve his position.
Chinatown working the ground and pound.
Chinatown looking to control but instead Dhanarajata has slipped a leg in, to regain half guard.
Dhanarajata is trying to stand back up but Chinatown is controlling him

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Chinatown wants to advance to full mount but Dhanarajata doesn't think that's going to happen and regains full guard instead.
Dhanarajata wants to stand but Chinatown is controlling the position.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Dhanarajata keeping moving, preventing Chinatown from controlling successfully.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Chinatown misses with a takedown attempt - Dhanarajata sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Dhanarajata keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Charlie Chinatown. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Chinatown fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Dhanarajata sprawls well initially but Chinatown persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Dhanarajata is trying to control but can't.
Chinatown misses with a head shot. Dhanarajata uses the momentum to regain guard.
Dhanarajata keeping moving, preventing Chinatown from controlling successfully.
Dhanarajata looks gassed!
Chinatown throwing strikes but missing.
Dhanarajata keeping moving, preventing Chinatown from controlling successfully.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Chinatown with a nice head shot there.
Dhanarajata wants to sweep but no luck.
Chinatown prevents Dhanarajata from getting back to his feet.
Chinatown trying to control but Dhanarajata is working from the bottom.
Chinatown lands a couple of elbows.
Chinatown pushing down on Dhanarajata's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Chinatown tries to pass to full mount but Dhanarajata defends it.
Chinatown with the ground and pound but Dhanarajata uses the opportunity to regain guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Chanarong Dhanarajata dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Charlie Chinatown's cut.
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.

Nice takedown defense from Dhanarajata. No joy for Chinatown on that attempt.
Chinatown avoids the head kick by Dhanarajata.
Horrible takedown by Chinatown or perhaps it was just good defense by Dhanarajata which made him look bad.
Charlie Chinatown is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Dhanarajata with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Dhanarajata throws a sloppy head kick and Chinatown moves out of range easily.
Nice takedown defense from Dhanarajata. No joy for Chinatown on that attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Charlie Chinatown. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Chinatown scores a takedown into full mount!
Chinatown with the ground and pound from mount.
Dhanarajata is wriggling around trying to escape.
The referee warns Dhanarajata that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Chinatown punishing his opponent with strikes.
Dhanarajata is breathing heavily.
Chinatown looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Dhanarajata taking shots to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dhanarajata in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Chinatown fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Chinatown with a couple of short strikes.
Chinatown looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Dhanarajata wants to control but Chinatown is having none of it.
Chinatown wants to control the pace but Dhanarajata is squirming around nicely.
Chinatown raining down shots from the mount!
Chinatown has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Dhanarajata is trying desperately to improve position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Chinatown landing shots from mount.
Chinatown raining down shots from the mount!
Chinatown trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Chinatown landing strikes from the mount.
Chinatown sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Chinatown is in the full mount, landing strikes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Chinatown scoring with strikes but Dhanarajata is staying in there.
Chinatown postures up and connects with a big shot that has rocked Dhanarajata badly. He's trying desperately to grab hold of Chinatown around the waist but Chinatown pushes him off and unloads with more strikes, forcing the referee to jump in and save him! Chinatown is the winner by TKO! Chinatown jumps onto the ropes and shouts into the camera. "We did it momma!"

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:27 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Charlie Chinatown!

C
A

C
B

energy
A | B

hype
A | B

pop
A | B

mgr
A | B

FIGHT
RATING
50%

Undercard bout

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Bobo Plata (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Andrew Andrews (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Plata's entrance music is Master of Puppets. A fine choice. Andrew Andrews has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Bobo Plata's chin.

Plata
vs
Andrews

180 cm
20
142 lbs
7 - 3 - 0

162 cm
22
138 lbs
6 - 3 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Experienced

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Solid chin

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 7 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Bobo Plata!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Andrew Andrews!
The judges for this bout are Sosuke Kotani, Taro Takaoka and Hirohito Nitta.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Plata throws a right and a left that both miss.
The fight stays on the outside here - Andrews looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Plata misses with a wild combination.

Andrews gets a takedown into half guard.
Plata is trying to stand back up but Andrews is controlling him
Plata trying desperately to get back to his feet here but he's not having any joy at all. He's going to tire himself out if he's not careful.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Plata makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Plata.

Plata is active off his back here, looking for submissions.

Plata working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Andrews doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Oh but Plata is tightening it up a little... Andrews has to be careful here... He's got his foot tucked under now, this looks tight! Andrews reacted too slowly and this one could be over in a matter of seconds! YES! Andrews taps out! nice BJJ there by Plata!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:02 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle Choke). Bobo Plata!

C
A

C
B

energy
A | B

hype
A | B

pop
A | B

mgr
A | B

FIGHT
RATING
38%

Undercard bout

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Julius Travinski (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Akira Senbude (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Travinski
vs
Senbude

170 cm
23
157 lbs
5 - 4 - 0

176 cm
19
163 lbs
7 - 3 - 0

Good wrestling
Basic striking
Experienced

BJJ Brown Belt
Brawler
Determined

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 5 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Julius Travinski!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Akira Senbude!
The judges for this bout are Hirohito Nitta, Yukihiro Shimada and Yasuomi Hirokawa.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Senbude fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Senbude shoots in for a takedown but Travinski shows good takedown defense.
Travinski avoids the head kick by Senbude.
Senbude fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Julius Travinski has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Akira Senbude.

Travinski shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Travinski lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Travinski working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Travinski landing strikes from the mount.

Senbude is rocked!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Travinski connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Senbude is still in real trouble! Can Travinski finish him?
Senbude is wriggling around trying to escape.
Senbude seems to have recovered his senses.
Travinski lands a big elbow - Senbude is in trouble! More strikes from the mount and Senbude is forced to tap out!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Julius Travinski!

C
A

C
B

energy
A | B

hype
A | B

pop
A | B

mgr
A | B

FIGHT
RATING
100%

Undercard bout

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Mike Bennett (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Akiyo Nishiura (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Bennett's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Stronger, Kanye West. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Bennett
vs
Nishiura

182 cm
22
155 lbs
9 - 5 - 0

172 cm
23
153 lbs
5 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Experienced

BJJ Purple Belt
Good kicks
Solid chin

Full Mount
Predator Clothing

Hell's Balls Fightwear
CROWN

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Mike Bennett!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Akiyo Nishiura!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Fujiwara, Ren Mimura and Shirou Masuda.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bennett throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Nishiura wants to clinch up but Bennett keeps it at a distance.

Bennett closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the ropes.
Nishiura lands a nice shot to the body.
Bennett managing to block the knees to the body from Nishiura.
Bennett wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Nishiura has him pressed against the ropes.
Nice body punch from Nishiura - that landed with a thud.
Bennett connects with a nasty looking knee right to Nishiura's face.

Bennett pulls Nishiura into guard.

Nishiura decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Bennett, up you get!
Bennett throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Bennett pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Bennett misses with an attempted mid kick.
Bennett keeps the fight on the outside.

Bennett tries to keep at a distance but Nishiura has taken the fight into the clinch.
Nishiura lands a body shot.
Nishiura struggles to land a body shot inside as Bennett controls his hands.

Nishiura breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Nishiura moves out of range of the body kick.
Nishiura avoids the head kick by Bennett.
A swing and a miss from Nishiura.
Bennett takes one on the chin but keeps coming.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bennett throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Nishiura scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Bennett is breathing heavily.
Nishiura wants to clinch.
Bennett stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Nishiura.

Nishiura closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the ropes.
A left hand lands to the body for Nishiura.
Nishiura crunches a lovely knee into Bennett's ribcage.
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!
Nishiura throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Nishiura lands a left hand that snaps the head of Bennett backwards.
Nice body punch from Nishiura - that landed with a thud.

Nishiura breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Mike Bennett seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Nishiura closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the ropes.
Bennett misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Nishiura.
Nishiura lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Nishiura.
Nishiura presses Bennett against the ropes and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Nishiura is working Bennett over against the ropes.
Bennett managing to block the knees to the body from Nishiura.
Nishiura lands a body shot in the clinch.
Nishiura scores with a shot to the side of Bennett's head.

Bennett is rocked!
Nishiura swings wildly with an uppercut but Bennett uses good head movement to avoid it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nishiura lands an uppercut in the clinch that drops Bennett to his knees! Nishiura keeps firing more shots against his stricken opponent and the referee jumps in to save him!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:10 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Akiyo Nishiura!

C
A

C
B

energy
A | B

hype
A | B

pop
A | B

mgr
A | B

FIGHT
RATING
100%

Undercard bout

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Pepeng Ondoy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Maek Houzo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Maek Houzo has the eye of the tiger tonight.

Ondoy
vs
Houzo

180 cm
22
190 lbs
5 - 0 - 0

177 cm
23
192 lbs
7 - 4 - 0

Decent wrestler
Solid boxing
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Brawler
Knockout power

Demonic Clothing

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Pepeng Ondoy!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Maek Houzo!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Yamamoto, Shirou Masuda and Sosuke Kotani.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Houzo swings for the body but Ondoy moves out of range.
Ondoy with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Houzo doesn't manage to clinch there - Ondoy circles away.
Houzo avoids a punch combination nicely.
Ondoy fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Ondoy stuffs the takedown attempt from Houzo. Houzo gets slowly back to his feet.
Ondoy lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Houzo shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Ondoy as he jumps to the side.
Ondoy ducks down and throws a hook to the body.

Ondoy has taken the fight to the clinch.
Houzo can't break the clinch.
Ondoy digs a right hand underneath Houzo's ribcage. Houzo let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Ondoy gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Houzo.
Pepeng Ondoy has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Maek Houzo.
Ondoy is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the ropes.
Ondoy digs a right hand underneath Houzo's ribcage. Houzo let out a lung full of air as it connected.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ondoy pushes Houzo back against the ropes and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Houzo fails to pull guard.
Houzo is looking for a takedown up against the ropes. Ondoy gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Houzo tries to pull guard but Ondoy won't allow it.
Good body shot from Ondoy.
Houzo tries to score a body lock takedown but Ondoy shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Houzo looks gassed!
Ondoy scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Houzo goes for a takedown in the clinch but Ondoy prevents it.
Ondoy pushes Houzo back against the ropes and unloads with a body punch.
Houzo wants a takedown.
Ondoy lands a shoulder strike.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Ondoy.
Ondoy lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
A hook to the body from Ondoy.
Ondoy makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Ondoy has Houzo pushed against the ropes.
Ondoy is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the ropes.
Houzo tries to score a body lock takedown but Ondoy shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Houzo tries to score a body lock takedown but Ondoy shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Houzo can't get the takedown.
Ondoy stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ondoy scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Houzo jumps guard but Ondoy stands there with Houzo around his waist. Houzo gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Houzo goes for a takedown in the clinch but Ondoy prevents it.
Stalling in the clinch from Ondoy.
Ondoy is trying to stall.
A right handed body shot lands from Ondoy.
Ondoy tries to stall but Houzo uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Ondoy works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Houzo wants a takedown.
Ondoy just leaning against Houzo, taking a breather.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Pepeng Ondoy.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Ondoy!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Ondoy uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Houzo has time to react.
Houzo misses with a combination
and Ondoy counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Houzo thinking.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Houzo takes a shot to the body in his stride.

Ondoy has Houzo up against the ropes in a clinch.
Ondoy stops a takedown attempt from Houzo.
A shot in the inside from Ondoy.
Ondoy lands a body punch.
A short left from Ondoy.
Ondoy is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Ondoy gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Houzo.
Ondoy digs a right hand underneath Houzo's ribcage. Houzo let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Stalling in the clinch from Ondoy.
Ondoy stops a takedown attempt from Houzo.
Ondoy taking a breather.
Ondoy just leaning against Houzo, taking a breather.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Pepeng Ondoy.

Ondoy gets a clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ondoy is trying to maintain a safe position but Houzo gets an underhook and turns Ondoy into the ropes.
Ondoy slows down the pace here.
Houzo tries for a takedown. No joy.

Houzo breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
A big right from Houzo misses.
Houzo throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Ondoy counters with a straight right hand.
Houzo thows a left - swing and a miss!
Ondoy takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Ondoy connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Houzo's hands.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Ondoy's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Ondoy duly obliges.
Nice body punch from Ondoy.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Ondoy with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Ondoy digs a good body shot into Houzo's ribs.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Pepeng Ondoy dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

A punch combination from Ondoy misses.
Houzo looks for a takedown but Ondoy sprawls well.
Houzo throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
letting Ondoy counter with a right hand.
Ondoy throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Ondoy scores with a punch to the head.
Houzo swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Ondoy counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Houzo on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Ondoy scores with the left hand. Houzo knows he should have avoided that one.
Ondoy throws a series of punches but Houzo moves out of range.
Ondoy lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Maek Houzo seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Houzo fails with a takedown attempt from distance.

Ondoy closes the distance and clinches.
Ondoy lands a body punch.
Houzo drops down looking for an ankle pick but Ondoy pulls his leg out and moves away.
Pepeng Ondoy has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Maek Houzo.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Ondoy scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ondoy lands a with a good body shot.
Houzo falls off balance throwing a combination
enabling Ondoy to counter with a crisp jab.
Ondoy scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Ondoy darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Houzo throws a big shot that misses.
Houzo shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Ondoy works Houzo's body with a nice hook.
Houzo takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Houzo takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Ondoy scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Ondoy lands a body shot.
Ondoy digs a good hook to Houzo's body.
Ondoy scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Ondoy works Houzo's body with a nice hook.
Houzo doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ondoy scores with a jab to the jaw.
Houzo looks to land a combination but Ondoy avoids it well.
Danga de danga de dang - Ondoy scores with a four punch combination!
Houzo tries to clinch

and Ondoy counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Ondoy.
Ondoy lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Houzo is looking for a takedown up against the ropes. Ondoy gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Houzo goes for a takedown attempt but Ondoy pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Ondoy takes the fight into the clinch.
Houzo wants a takedown but no success here.
Ondoy is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Ondoy prevents the takedown attempt.
Ondoy is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Ondoy content to slow the pace in the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Houzo goes for a takedown in the clinch but Ondoy prevents it.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Ondoy takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Houzo is looking for a takedown up against the ropes. Ondoy gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Houzo is working for a takedown up against the ropes. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Ondoy content to slow the pace in the clinch.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Pepeng Ondoy.
Houzo closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Ondoy stuffs the takedown attempt from Houzo. Houzo gets slowly back to his feet.

Ondoy clinches up against the ropes.
Ondoy is looking to control Houzo's arms but Houzo gets an underhook and turns him. Now Ondoy has his back to the ropes.
Ondoy tries a body shot but Houzo blocks it.

Houzo escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Houzo throws a left and a right that both miss
and Ondoy counters with a stiff right hand.
Houzo takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Houzo tries for a takedown but Ondoy circles away easily
and Ondoy counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ondoy lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Houzo misses with an uppercut.
Ondoy lands a nice shot to the body.
Houzo tries to clinch
and Ondoy counters with a straight right hand.
Houzo looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Ondoy is fending him off so far but Houzo persists. Nope, Ondoy circles away and we're back to standing.

Ondoy rushes Houzo and presses him up against the ropes.
Ondoy is leaning against Houzo and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Ondoy gets underhooks to prevent Houzo's takedown attempt.
Ondoy taking a breather.
Nice body punch from Ondoy.
Houzo has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Ondoy is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the ropes.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.

Houzo is working on a single leg takedown against the ropes. Ondoy can't fight it off and eventually Houzo manages to take the fight to the floor. Ondoy looks annoyed but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Houzo stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Ondoy swivels though and keeps the full guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Pepeng Ondoy dominated that second round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

Houzo misses with a looping left.
Houzo clinches but Ondoy breaks the clinch
enabling Ondoy to counter with a crisp jab.

Ondoy takes the fight into the clinch.
Houzo goes for a takedown attempt but Ondoy pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
No luck for Houzo with that takedown attempt.
Houzo misses with a takedown
and Houzo takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Pepeng Ondoy has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Maek Houzo.
Ondoy scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Houzo on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

Ondoy pushes Houzo up against the ropes in a clinch.
Ondoy lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Pepeng Ondoy has scored more points in the clinch so far.
A left hand lands to the body for Ondoy.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ondoy is stalling here.
Ondoy tries to stall but Houzo uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Stalling in the clinch from Ondoy.
Ondoy is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Houzo can do to turn this around?
Ondoy looking to slow down the pace here.
Houzo wants a takedown.
Houzo is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Ondoy pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Ondoy prevents a takedown attempt there.
Ondoy has Houzo pushed against the ropes.
Ondoy throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Ondoy lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Houzo backwards.
Houzo is working for a takedown up against the ropes. He can't get it on this occasion though.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Ondoy takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Houzo has Ondoy pressed up against the ropes and is working for takedown. Ondoy manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Ondoy trying to control the position but instead, Houzo has worked for underhooks and has pushed Ondoy into the ropes.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Pepeng Ondoy.
Nice body punch from Ondoy.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Houzo shoots in but no luck this time.
Houzo takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Houzo takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Ondoy digs a good body shot into Houzo's ribs.
Ondoy lands a nice shot to the body.
Ondoy scores with a body shot.
Houzo tries to clinch
and Ondoy counters with a right hand to the body.
Ondoy lands with a shot to the body.
Ondoy connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Ondoy fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Houzo manages to avoid it.
Houzo tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Ondoy swivels and escapes.
Ondoy with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Ondoy connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Houzo momentarily.
Houzo clinches but Ondoy breaks the clinch
and Ondoy counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Houzo thinking.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ondoy takes a swing at Houzo's ribcage but misses.
Ondoy fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Houzo manages to avoid it.
Houzo gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Ondoy.
Houzo darts in trying to clinch
and Ondoy counters with a right hand to the body.

Houzo scores a takedown into full mount!

Houzo quickly switches position and commits to an armbar! It's a big risk for Houzo but it's paid off an Ondoy is forced to tap! Nice work by Houzo.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:51 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Maek Houzo!

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Co-main event

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Harjan Varsi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Fabio Lima (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Varsi comes to the ring accompanied by Hiski Salomaa - Tiskarin polkka. Lima has chosen Enter Sandman, Metallica as his entrance music. Fabio Lima has the eye of the tiger tonight.

Varsi
vs
Lima

202 cm
21
194 lbs
9 - 4 - 0

187 cm
24
190 lbs
11 - 5 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Good chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Determined

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Harjan Varsi!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Fabio Lima!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Shimada, Yuuki Gou and Shigeki Fujiwara.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Varsi lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Lima shoots in but no luck this time.
A swing and a miss from Varsi.
Varsi missing with a left hand there. Lima was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Lima slips a straight right by Varsi.
Lima is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Varsi looks to land a left hand but Lima moved out of range nicely.
Varsi digs a good hook to Lima's body.
Varsi tries to bum rush Lima with a series of wild strikes but Lima uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Varsi really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Lima wants to clinch.
Varsi ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Lima moves away.
Harjan Varsi seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Lima swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Varsi jabs Lima right on the nose. Lima blinks but takes it well.

It looks like Fabio Lima has been cut.
Lima tries to land a front kick but Varsi steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Lima closes the distance and clinches up with Varsi, looking for a takedown. Lima pushes Varsi against the ropes but Varsi circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Varsi looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Varsi misses with a hook. Lima ducked under it nicely.
Nice combo by Varsi! Oh, that's hurt him - Lima falls to the canvas and Varsi follows him into side control.

Lima is rocked!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Lima prevents Varsi from improving position.
Lima is still in real trouble! Can Varsi finish him?
Lima is trying to get back to half guard. He's pushing on Varsi's leg. He's managed it. Nice work.
Lima looks gassed!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lima wants to get back to full guard.
Lima seems to have recovered his senses.
Lima is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Varsi's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Varsi's back!
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!

Lima working for a RNC but it's not happening just yet.
Lima has the hooks in. Varsi is trying to push off one leg but he has to do so cautiously to avoid being submitted.
Varsi controlling the position well but he knows he's in a bad position.
Varsi rolls and manages to get back to half guard. Nicely done.

Lima looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Varsi is pressing down on Lima's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.

Varsi has butterfly guard. He's looking to stand up here. He pushes Lima off him and springs to his feet nicely. The crowd applauds.
Varsi looks to land a combination but Lima avoids it well.
Varsi misses with a double jab.
Varsi scores with a three punch combo!
Horrible takedown by Lima or perhaps it was just good defense by Varsi which made him look bad.
Harjan Varsi has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Fabio Lima.
Varsi stuffs the takedown attempt from Lima. Lima gets slowly back to his feet.
Varsi scores with a shot to the body.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Varsi ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Lima is trying desperately to land a takedown but Varsi is having absolutely none of it. This is turning into a bit of a nightmare for Lima.
Lima has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Varsi finds it's way round the side to connect with Lima's head.
Varsi fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Lima looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Varsi lands a nice looking body shot.
The crowd cheers as Varsi lands an impressive looking overhand right. Lima doesn't seem phased though.
Lima takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Varsi is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Varsi listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
A punch combination from Varsi misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Varsi takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
A decent looking cross lands there for Varsi.
Varsi scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Lima doesn't seem bothered though.
Varsi cracks a nice hook into Lima's ribs.
Varsi misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Some bone on bone action there as Varsi checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Varsi scores with a hook to the body. Lima takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Varsi scores with a jab to the head.
Varsi takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Harjan Varsi is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Varsi slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Good exchange - Varsi coming out on top.
Varsi throws a shot from downtown. Lima moves away and avoids it.
Nice body punch from Varsi.
Varsi jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Jab from Varsi.
Varsi misses with a wild combination.
Lima tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Varsi scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lima misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Lima walks into a jab.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Varsi throws a head kick but Lima moves out of range.
Lima fails to land the takedown.
Lima shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Varsi but Varsi pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Varsi scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Lima pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Lima on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Varsi scores with a sloppy right hand. Lima should have avoided that one.
Varsi throws a hook to the side of Lima's head but Lima sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Varsi wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Varsi fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Varsi.
Varsi will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Lima staying out of range there.
Lima misses with a takedown attempt - Varsi sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Harjan Varsi dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Fabio Lima's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!

Varsi scores with the left hand. Lima knows he should have avoided that one.
Lima will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Varsi cracks Lima with an open hand slap.
Lima on the wrong end of a nice jab.

Lima drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.

Lima tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.

Lima is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Varsi knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Varsi regains half guard.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Varsi tries to get to full guard but Lima has control of the leg.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lima passes to side control.

Lima tries for a kimura but Varsi is defending well.
Lima trying to control the position but Varsi is working away.
Varsi is trying to improve his position.
Lima tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
Varsi is trying to get back to his feet.
Sloppy strikes there by Lima.
Lima tries to cartwheel into mount but he doesn't manage it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
I wouldn't like to be where Varsi is right now.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Varsi throws a right and a left that both miss.
Lima walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Lima takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Varsi misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Varsi lands a nice hook to Lima's body. Lima takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Harjan Varsi is winning the standup battle so far.
Varsi lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Danga de danga de dang - Varsi scores with a four punch combination!
Varsi lands a head shot.
Varsi stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Lima.
Varsi wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
The fighters circling - Varsi throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Lima slips under a jab.
Lima lands a body shot.
Lima avoids the body shot from Varsi.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lima moves in looking to clinch but Varsi pushes him off.
Lima shoots in but Varsi avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Varsi cracks a nice hook into Lima's ribs.
Varsi throws a good cross that connects.
Lima uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Varsi.
Varsi misses with a wild body shot.
Lima closes the distance and clinches up with Varsi, looking for a takedown. Lima pushes Varsi against the ropes but Varsi circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Harjan Varsi has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Fabio Lima.
Lima shoots in but no luck this time.
Lima defending well as Varsi loads up on a big left hand.
Lima takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Varsi is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Lima can do to turn this around?
Lima throws a quick inside leg kick.
Lima tries to clinch but Varsi moves out of range.
Varsi lands a nice looking body shot.
Nice sprawl there from Varsi as Lima shoots in.
Lima misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Varsi avoids the head kick by Lima.
Lima takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Lima lands with a kick to the temple. Varsi shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Fabio Lima is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lima misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
A cross from Varsi lands.
Varsi throws a shot to the body.
Lima slips a straight right by Varsi.
Lima looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.

Lima shoots in and bounces Varsi off the ropes to secure the takedown into guard.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Lima scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Varsi wants to sweep here but Lima controlling him for the moment.
Varsi keeping moving, preventing Lima from controlling successfully.
Varsi wants to stand up but Lima is controlling him.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Harjan Varsi dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Fabio Lima's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Varsi blocks a head kick by Lima.
A head kick misses from Lima.
Varsi bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Lima's head.
Varsi misses with an uppercut.
Varsi scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Lima doesn't seem bothered though.
Varsi lands a nice shot to the body.
Lima shoots for a takedown but Varsi saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Lima doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Varsi scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Varsi fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Lima on the side of the head.
Lima has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Nice shot by Varsi.
Varsi stuns Lima with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Varsi misses with a wild body shot.
Varsi scores with a nice head shot.
Lima fails to land the takedown.
Varsi dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Varsi fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Varsi fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Lima on the side of the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lima takes a jab right on the kisser.
Lima tries for a takedown but Varsi sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Harjan Varsi has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Fabio Lima.
Lima takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Varsi lands a nice hook to Lima's body. Lima takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Varsi with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Lima closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Lima will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Varsi lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Lima avoids the body shot from Varsi.
Lima looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Varsi misses with a hook to the body
and Lima counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Lima fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Varsi.
Good work by Varsi as he checks the leg kick.
Lima needs to keep his hands up - Varsi had a free shot at his head there.
Lima fails to land the takedown.
Lima gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Varsi.
Varsi lands with an uppercut that bounces Lima off the ropes and back into rage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lima fails with the takedown.
Varsi scores with a jab to the body.
Varsi lands with a straight right. Lima didn't see that one coming.
Lima connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Varsi's hands.
Lima misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Varsi dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Varsi cracks Lima with a right hand to the side of the head.
Varsi scores with a nice right hand.
Lima shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Varsi as he jumps to the side.
Varsi misses with a jab, cross combination.
Lima lands with a thumping leg kick.
A jab lands there for Varsi.
Varsi misses with an uppercut.
Lima shoots for a double leg takedown but Varsi sprawls well. He's pushed Lima's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Lima takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Varsi throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Lima looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Varsi throws a hard body shot but it just misses.

Lima shoots in and bounces Varsi off the ropes to secure the takedown into guard.
Lima throwing strikes but missing.
Lima tries to free his leg and advance position but Varsi is retaining full guard.
Varsi wants to get back to his feet but Lima is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Lima sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Varsi's guard.
Lima missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Lima prevents Varsi from improving his position.
Lima works his way into full mount!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Varsi squirming around on the bottom, looking to escape.
Fabio Lima has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Varsi tries to reverse the position but Lima maintains control.
Lima breaks from Varsi's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Varsi in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Varsi is squirming around, avoiding Lima's attempts to control the action.
Varsi is looking to get back to his feet - it's going to be hard from this position.
Varsi taking shots to the head.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.

Varsi bucks up and throws Lima to the side - he's got back to his feet. Great escape!
Lima shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Varsi as he avoids it easily.
Varsi scores with a hook to the body. Lima takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Lima shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.

And that's the end of the fight!
Harjan Varsi showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Varsi, 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 Yukihiro Shimada scores the fight 30:26
Judge Yuuki Gou scores the fight 30:26
Judge Shigeki Fujiwara scores the fight 30:26

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Harjan Varsi!

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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
100%

Main event

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Sirius Bidness (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Eiki Daikaura (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Bidness comes to the ring accompanied by GRRRRR!!. Rumors backstage are that the fighters have been paid to keep it standing but we know that would never happen in MMA!

Bidness
vs
Daikaura

177 cm
21
155 lbs
8 - 2 - 0

170 cm
23
151 lbs
7 - 1 - 0

Decent wrestler
Solid boxing
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Good kicks
Powerful

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the featherweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Sirius Bidness!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Eiki Daikaura!
The judges for this bout are Kenichi Hosakawa, Yasuomi Hirokawa and Yukihiro Shimada.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bidness scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
A head kick misses from Daikaura.
Daikaura tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Bidness paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Bidness ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Daikaura throws a head kick that Bidness semi-blocks.
A combination from Daikaura does no damage.
Daikaura lands with a kick to the temple. Bidness shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Daikaura lands a head kick!
Eiki Daikaura seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Bidness swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Daikaura finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Daikaura throws a half hearted mid kick.
Daikaura ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Bidness moves away.
Bidness misses with a combination
and Daikaura counters with a nice leg kick.
Bidness tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Daikaura paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Daikaura pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Daikaura swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Daikaura thuds his shin into the meat of Bidness's side.
Bidness wants to clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Daikaura throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Daikaura cracks the inside of Bidness's front leg.
Daikaura falls off balance throwing a combination

and Bidness counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Bidness.
Daikaura lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Daikaura.
Daikaura wants a takedown.

Daikaura manages to break the clinch.
Daikaura throws a lazy right hand but Bidness sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Daikaura lands a front kick.
Daikaura throws a sloppy head kick and Bidness moves out of range easily.
Daikaura shoots in but no luck this time.
Bidness circles away from the clinch attempt
and Bidness counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bidness misses with a wild combination.
Daikaura pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Sirius Bidness is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Daikaura scores with a head kick.
Bidness uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Daikaura.
Daikaura fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Sirius Bidness has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Eiki Daikaura.
Daikaura takes a swing at Bidness's ribcage but misses.
Crunch! Daikaura slams his shin into Bidness's torso.
Bidness is breathing heavily.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Daikaura throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.

Bidness has Daikaura up against the ropes in a clinch.

Daikaura breaks the clinch.
Daikaura throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Daikaura lands a head kick. Bidness smiles back at him and beckons him forward.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Daikaura goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Bidness misses with an uppercut. Daikaura saw that one coming.

Daikaura bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Bidness prevents Daikaura from moving into mount.

Daikaura thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Daikaura tries to advance to mount but Bidness denies him.

Daikaura has had enough of the ground for now and decides to stand.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Daikaura moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
A head kick misses from Daikaura.
Daikaura misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Bidness slips a jab and a cross from Daikaura.
Daikaura throws a head kick that misses.
Bidness uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Daikaura.
A head kick from Daikaura lands but Bidness takes it in his stride.
Daikaura displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Bidness throws out the jab.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

Daikaura clinches up against the ropes.
Bidness tries to break the clinch but Daikaura is controlling the position.

Daikaura pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Bidness tries to clinch but fails miserably

and Daikaura moves into the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Eiki Daikaura dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Daikaura throws a head kick that half lands.
A good leg kick by Daikaura.
Bidness throws a nice looking combination but Daikaura bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Daikaura throws a sloppy head kick and Bidness moves out of range easily.
Daikaura lands a really nice looking cross but Bidness seems unphased.
Daikaura feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Bidness's calf.
Daikaura showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Bidness.
Daikaura swats away the attempt to clinch by Bidness.
Daikaura throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Daikaura misses with a hook to the body

and Bidness counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Bidness.
Bidness goes for a body shot but it's blocked.

Daikaura breaks from the clinch.
Daikaura throws a head kick that misses.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Daikaura.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Daikaura misses with a body punch

and Bidness moves into the clinch.
Bidness will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

Daikaura breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Bidness crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Daikaura - the referee stops the clock and Bidness gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Daikaura. Bidness manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Daikaura throws a head kick that misses.
Bidness steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Daikaura. That one must have hurt.
Daikaura misses with the combination.
Daikaura throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Daikaura pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Daikaura throws a sloppy head kick and Bidness moves out of range easily.
Daikaura scores with a jab to the jaw.
Daikaura takes a swing at Bidness's ribcage but misses.
Daikaura throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Daikaura throws a front kick that sends Bidness stumbling back into the ropes.
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!
Bidness is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Daikaura.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Daikaura throws a head kick that looked like it stung.

Daikaura rushes Bidness and presses him up against the ropes.
Bidness stops a takedown attempt from Daikaura.

Daikaura breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Daikaura throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Bidness avoids the head kick by Daikaura.
Nice body kick from Daikaura.
Bidness takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Daikaura throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Bidness.
Eiki Daikaura seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Daikaura misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Daikaura thuds his shin into the meat of Bidness's side.
Bidness blocks a head kick by Daikaura.
Daikaura throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Bidness takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Daikaura lands a head kick!
Daikaura connects with a high kick.
Bidness takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Daikaura misses with a head kick.
Bidness tries to close the distance and clinch but Daikaura swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Daikaura throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Bidness.
Bidness on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Daikaura. Daikaura obviously looking to wear him down.
Daikaura throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Bidness showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Daikaura.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Daikaura - that will leave a mark!
Bidness avoids the head kick by Daikaura.
Daikaura has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Daikaura misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Daikaura tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Daikaura jabs Bidness right on the nose. Bidness blinks but takes it well.
Daikaura misses with an uppercut. Bidness saw that one coming.
Daikaura tries a head kick but it misses.
Bidness throws a series of punches but Daikaura moves out of range.
Daikaura fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Daikaura throws a head kick that misses.
Bidness misses with a combination
and Daikaura counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Bidness is lucky that one didn't land flush.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Daikaura closes this distance looking for a takedown but Bidness circles away.
Sirius Bidness has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Eiki Daikaura.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Daikaura throws a head kick that misses.
Daikaura misses with a jab, cross combination.
Daikaura is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Bidness rather than just go for the knockout.
Daikaura lands a head kick. Bidness smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Eiki Daikaura showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Bidness avoids the head kick by Daikaura.
Daikaura clobbers Bidness with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Bidness tries to close the distance and clinch but Daikaura swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Daikaura lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Daikaura throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Daikaura scores with a kick to the midsection.
Sirius Bidness is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Daikaura feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Bidness's calf.
Daikaura throws a head kick that misses.
Daikaura fails to land with a series of punches.
Bidness tries to clinch up.
Daikaura tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Daikaura throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Daikaura throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Daikaura shoots in for a double leg but Bidness sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Daikaura throws a head kick that misses.
Daikaura cracks the inside of Bidness's front leg.
Daikaura throws a sloppy head kick and Bidness moves out of range easily.
Daikaura shoots for a takedown but Bidness saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Daikaura lands a head kick. Bidness smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Bidness takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Daikaura throws a head kick but Bidness moves out of range.
Daikaura swings for the body but Bidness moves out of range.
Daikaura misses with a jab, cross combination.
Daikaura scores with a spinning back kick!
Daikaura scores with a head kick.
Daikaura throws a sloppy head kick and Bidness moves out of range easily.
Daikaura scores with a nice body kick.
Bidness misses with a wild combination.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Daikaura keeps Bidness at a distance using the push kick.
Daikaura lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Daikaura is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Bidness.
Daikaura lands with a thumping leg kick.
Daikaura throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A head kick from Daikaura lands but Bidness takes it in his stride.
Daikaura throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Bidness's head.
Daikaura throws a series of punches but Bidness avoids them all with ease.
Daikaura goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Daikaura throws a hook to the side of Bidness's head but Bidness sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Daikaura lands a high kick!
A head kick misses from Daikaura.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Daikaura lands a front kick.
Daikaura scores with a head kick.
Bidness takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Daikaura scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Daikaura misses with a jab, cross combination.
Daikaura lands a high kick!
Bidness takes a head kick and keeps coming.

Bidness is rocked!
Bidness avoids the head kick by Daikaura.
Oh Bidness is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Bidness slips under a jab.
Bidness seems to have got his legs back now.
Daikaura throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Daikaura swinging wilding here.
Bidness throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Daikaura has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bidness takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Daikaura misses the shot to the body.
Daikaura throws a sloppy head kick and Bidness moves out of range easily.
Daikaura connects with a high kick.
Bidness moves in looking to clinch but Daikaura pushes him off.
Daikaura throws a head kick that misses.
Bidness avoids the head kick by Daikaura.
Bidness is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Daikaura tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Daikaura thows a body shot but no joy.
Bidness ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Bidness misses with a combination
and Daikaura counters with a good, hard body kick but Bidness shrugs it off.
Daikaura throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Eiki Daikaura really dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Bidness dodges the punch combination from Daikaura.
Bidness blocks a head kick by Daikaura.
Daikaura throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Daikaura shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Bidness but Bidness pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Daikaura throws a head kick but Bidness moves out of range.
Daikaura misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Bidness is looking to clinch but Daikaura is avoiding it.
Daikaura throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Daikaura misses with a body shot.
A head kick misses from Daikaura.
Daikaura misses with a head kick.
Bidness misses with a two punch combination.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Daikaura misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Bidness slips a jab from Daikaura.
Daikaura throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Bidness.
Daikaura takes a jab right on the kisser.
Bidness blocks a head kick by Daikaura.
Bidness scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.
Bidness connects with a body shot.
Daikaura throws a body kick that misses.
Daikaura pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Daikaura throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Bidness's head.
Daikaura fails in his attempt to clinch.

Bidness forces Daikaura back against the ropes and clinches.
Daikaura tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Bidness just stands there and leans against the ropes.
Daikaura trying to land knees to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Daikaura scores with a knee to the head.
A nice right hand lands inside from Bidness.
Bidness tries to break the clinch but Daikaura is controlling the position.

Daikaura manages to break the clinch.
Daikaura lands with a thumping leg kick.
Bidness throws a right and a left that Daikaura avoids nicely.
Daikaura throws a predictable looking body shot
and Bidness counters with a left to the body.
Bidness cracks Daikaura with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Bidness throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Daikaura throws a sloppy head kick and Bidness moves out of range easily.
Daikaura tries to close the distance and clinch but Bidness swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Daikaura looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Daikaura staying out of range there.
A head kick misses from Daikaura.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Daikaura throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Bidness's head.
Daikaura thows a body shot but no joy.
Bidness avoids a kick to the body.

Daikaura takes the fight into the clinch.

Daikaura manages to break the clinch.
Daikaura throws a nice looking combination but Bidness bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Daikaura swinging wilding here.
Daikaura thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Bidness if he has to take too many more of those.
Daikaura dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Bidness. That did some damage!
A nice leg kick lands there from Daikaura.
Daikaura lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Daikaura misses with a head kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Daikaura scores with a head kick.

Daikaura instigates a clinch.

Daikaura manages to break the clinch.

Daikaura closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Bidness to the mat! Bidness manages to get full guard.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Daikaura looking to pass the guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Eiki Daikaura dominated that fourth round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Daikaura fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Daikaura throws a leg kick which misses Bidness's front leg but catches the back leg as Bidness tries to avoid it.
Daikaura showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Bidness.
Daikaura misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Bidness.
Bidness avoids the head kick by Daikaura.
Bidness tries to bum rush Daikaura with a series of wild strikes but Daikaura uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Daikaura swats away the attempt to clinch by Bidness.
Bidness swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Both of our modern day gladiators look out of it here - an gruelling 5 rounds of action taking it's toll on them, no doubt.
Bidness stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Daikaura.
Daikaura tries a head kick but it misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Daikaura connects with a nice looking jab.
Daikaura throws a head kick but Bidness moves out of range.
Daikaura tries to clinch but Bidness moves out of range.
Bidness ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Daikaura moves away.
Daikaura tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Bidness fails with an attempt to clinch.
Daikaura pulls out of a head kick attempt.
A head kick misses from Daikaura.
Daikaura tries a head kick but it misses.
Daikaura tries a head kick but it misses.
A swing and a miss from Bidness.
Bidness slips under a jab from Daikaura.
Bidness throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Eiki Daikaura is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Bidness uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Daikaura.
Bidness avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Daikaura tries a head kick but it misses.
Daikaura lands a high kick!
Daikaura looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Daikaura throws a head kick but Bidness moves out of range.
Daikaura pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Daikaura lands a front kick.
Bidness misses with a double jab
and Daikaura counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Bidness has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Daikaura.
Daikaura misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Daikaura lands a head kick!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Daikaura misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Daikaura fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Bidness manages to avoid it.
Daikaura misses with a wild body shot.
A head kick misses from Daikaura.
Daikaura misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Daikaura lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Daikaura scores with a head kick.
Bidness blocks a head kick by Daikaura.
Daikaura misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Daikaura throws a sloppy head kick and Bidness moves out of range easily.

Bidness clinches up against the ropes.
Bidness tries to throw a body punch but Daikaura avoids it by throwing Bidness back against the cage.
Bidness throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Sirius Bidness has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bidness tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Bidness is trying to break free.
Bidness lands a body punch.
Daikaura can't get the takedown.
Daikaura looking to throw knees to the head but Bidness is blocking nicely.
Daikaura looking for a takedown.
Sirius Bidness has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Eiki Daikaura.
Daikaura landing knees to the head.

It looks like Sirius Bidness has been cut.
Bidness pushes Daikaura back against the ropes and unloads with a body punch.
Bidness wants to get back to striking at distance but Daikaura won't allow it.
Bidness wants to get back to striking at distance but Daikaura won't allow it.
Daikaura keeps control of Bidness as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Daikaura lands an elbow inside.
Bidness misses with some punches.
Daikaura keeps control of Bidness as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Daikaura landing knees to the head.

And that's the end of the fight!
Eiki Daikaura comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Daikaura winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Kenichi Hosakawa scores the fight 43:50
Judge Yasuomi Hirokawa scores the fight 43:50
Judge Yukihiro Shimada scores the fight 44:50

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Eiki Daikaura!
Eiki Daikaura is the new featherweight champion!

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C
B

energy
A | B

hype
A | B

pop
A | B

mgr
A | B

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RATING
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