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PFC 155 Yamaguchi vs Bathory PBP Commentary |
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Logan Justis (ranked 1421 p4p, 181 weight class) and Alka Mangrove (ranked 2059 p4p, 257 weight class). Justis comes into the arena with Wolf Totem - The HU blaring out of the sound system. Mangrove is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: https://youtu.be/uZU7Y1Hdww0. Logan Justis is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples... Tweaking his own nipples that is.
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Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
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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
13 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Logan Justis!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
25 - 12 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Alka Mangrove!
The judges for this bout are Tatsuya Matsuyama, Sosuke Kotani and Yukihiro Yamamoto.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Justis throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
A nice side step and Mangrove releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Justis throws the left hand but Mangrove avoids the punch easily.
Justis misses the jab.
Mangrove lands a head shot.
Mangrove is looking to land body kicks.
Mangrove avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Mangrove misses with a series of wild punches.
Justis misses with a looping right.
Mangrove raises up his leg as if looking to counter with a high kick.
Mangrove throws a body punch but Justis moves out of range.
Mangrove on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Mangrove.
Justis swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Mangrove takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Justis takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Justis closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Mangrove takes a swing at Justis's ribcage but misses.
Justis swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Mangrove shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Justis sprawls well. Justis wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Mangrove gets slowly back to his feet.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mangrove is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Justis.
Mangrove throws a sloppy head kick and Justis moves out of range easily.
A head kick misses from Mangrove.
Justis throws a quick counter head kick but Mangrove was just out of range.
Mangrove lets loose with a powerful body kick. Justis will feel that in the morning.
Mangrove tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Justis manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Justis is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Mangrove.
Mangrove throws a sloppy head kick and Justis moves out of range easily.
Mangrove swings for the body but Justis moves out of range.
A jab from Mangrove misses.
Justis misses with an uppercut.
Logan Justis seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Mangrove tries to clinch
and Justis counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Justis swings widly with a right hand
and Mangrove counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Mangrove throws a jab but it's blocked by Justis.
Mangrove misses with a straight left.
Justis throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Mangrove counters with a nice body kick.
Justis throws a jab when Mangrove was well out of range.
Mangrove drives through with a takedown into Justis's guard. Let's see what he can do from the top position.
Mangrove told us pre-fight that he has been working on his escapes in training. Let's see if he can call on some of his new skills to get back to his feet.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Mangrove wants to control from the top but Justis keeps moving.
Justis is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Mangrove prevents Justis from getting back to his feet.
Mangrove trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Mangrove content to stall in guard here.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mangrove looking to sit in guard and control but Justis gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Mangrove looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Mangrove looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Mangrove working a defensive guard but Justis manages to pass into side control anyway.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Justis taking a breather here.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Justis decides to stand back up. Justis steps back and let's Mangrove get back to his feet.
Justis throws a jab but it's blocked by Mangrove.
Justis is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Mangrove throws a poor cross that misses
enabling Justis to counter with a crisp jab.
Mangrove misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Justis lands a head kick!
Mangrove shoots in and bounces Justis off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
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!
Mangrove looking to sit in guard and control but Justis gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Alka Mangrove will probably get the nod.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Justis rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Mangrove counters with a single leg into guard. Justis didn't expect that.
Mangrove is standing up over Justis. Justis looks to escape but Mangrove dives into side control.
Justis is looking for a sweep.
Justis wants to get back to his feet.
Mangrove is looking to take a break and control but Justis is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Mangrove swings around for an armbar but Justis sees it coming a mile off and turns beautifully into Mangrove's guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Justis stands up from guard. Let's bang!
Justis throws a looping overhand right but Mangrove ducks down to avoid it.
Mangrove pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Mangrove uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Justis.
Alka Mangrove seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Mangrove throws a series of punches but Justis moves out of range.
Justis throws a body kick that misses
and Mangrove counters with a single leg into guard. Justis didn't expect that.
Justis has control of Mangrove's left arm, preventing Mangrove from doing any damage.
Mangrove wants to pass the guard but Justis is keeping the position.
Justis trying to control the position.
Alka Mangrove has got the better of the ground game so far.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Justis being controlled here, momentarily.
Mangrove trying to control but Justis is working from the bottom.
Mangrove advances position into side control!
Mangrove controls the position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mangrove swings around for an armbar but Justis sees it coming a mile off and turns beautifully into Mangrove's guard.
Mangrove wants to sweep here but Justis controlling him for the moment.
Justis sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Justis decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow.
Mangrove connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Justis connects with a good right hand that stumbles Mangrove. Mangrove circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Justis keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mangrove slips under a jab from Justis.
Justis lands a nice hook to Mangrove's body. Mangrove takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Justis feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Mangroves jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Justis staying out of range there.
Justis swings widly with a right hand
and Mangrove cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Justis looks to land a right hand but Mangrove moved out of range.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Justis stuns Mangrove with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Mangrove misses with an uppercut.
Justis connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Mangrove's hands.
Justis lands a jab.
Justis misses with an uppercut. Mangrove saw that one coming.
Justis swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Mangrove thows a body kick. Justis tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Justis throws out a loose jab but Mangrove uses good head movement to avoid it.
Mangrove misses with a leg kick.
A swing and a miss from Justis.
Mangrove clinches up with Justis and pushes him back against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Logan Justis will probably get the nod.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!
Nice uppercut lands for Mangrove. That snapped Justis's head back.
Mangrove checks a leg kick.
Mangrove blocks a head kick by Justis.
Mangrove has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Mangrove looks to land a left hand but Justis moved out of range nicely.
Mangrove lands a front kick.
Justis looks to throw the jab but Mangrove is out of range.
A looping hook to the body misses from Justis. Mangrove does a little dance to reset his feet.
A punch combination from Justis misses.
Justis connects with a good right hand that stumbles Mangrove. Mangrove circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Mangrove fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Justis manages to avoid it.
Mangrove tries to clinch there but Justis circles away.
Justis uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Mangrove.
Mangrove slips under a jab from Justis.
Justis blocks a head kick by Mangrove.
Justis was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Justis connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Justis pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Justis lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Mangrove slips a straight right by Justis.
A nice side step and Mangrove releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Justis tried to score with a low kick but Mangrove checks it.
A little jabbing left from Mangrove on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Mangrove thows a left - swing and a miss!
Justis takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Justis fails to land with a series of punches.
Justis misses with a wild combination.
Mangrove scores with a spinning back kick!
Mangrove connects with a jab.
Mangrove swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Nice jab there from Justis.
Justis throws a hook to the side of Mangrove's head but Mangrove sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
A telegraphed right hand from Justis misses the target.
Logan Justis is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Mangrove walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Justis swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Justis throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Justis throws a hook but Mangrove avoids it easily.
Nice defenses there by Mangrove.
Mangrove keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Justis.
Justis pivots, looking for a leg kick but Mangrove is out of range and Justis settles back down.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Mangrove, as that shot connected.
Mangrove on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Justis connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Mangrove uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Justis.
Mangrove thinks about the counter body kick.
Justis will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Justis looks to land a right hand but Mangrove moved out of range.
Mangrove scores with a hook.
Mangrove takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Mangrove shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Justis clobbers Mangrove with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Justis looks to land a right hand but Mangrove moved out of range.
Justis throws a hook but Mangrove blocks it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Justis throws a hook but Mangrove blocks it.
Justis smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Justis throws a body shot but no joy.
Justis moves out of range of the body kick.
Mangrove scores with a one two! Justis had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Mangrove shoots in but no luck this time.
Justis dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Mangrove. That did some damage!
Mangrove misses with a takedown attempt - Justis sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Logan Justis has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Alka Mangrove.
Mangrove on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Mangrove fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Justis misses with a right hand
letting Mangrove counter with a right hand.
Mangrove tries to land a front kick but Justis steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Justis works Mangrove's body with a nice hook.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Mangrove pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Justis misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Mangrove.
Justis paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Mangrove shoots in looking for a takedown but Justis manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Mangrove's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Mangrove throws a lazy right hand but Justis sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Justis cracks a nice hook into Mangrove's ribs.
Justis comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Justis listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Justis pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Mangrove tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Justis defends well and Mangrove ends up having to push Justis into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
Mangrove takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Mangrove throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Justis buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Justis scores with a nice strike.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Justis lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Justis.
Mangrove avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Mangrove throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
And that's the end of the fight!
Logan Justis showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Justis has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 29:28
Judge Sosuke Kotani scores the fight 29:28
Judge Yukihiro Yamamoto scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Logan Justis!
A victorious Logan Justis thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Usko Matonen (ranked 1177 p4p, 72 weight class) and Tom Thomas (ranked 1348 p4p, 84 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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140 lbs
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World class boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
13 - 8 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Usko Matonen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
22 - 15 - 0, fighting out of London, Tom Thomas!
The judges for this bout are Kenichi Hosakawa, Tatsuya Matsuyama and Sosuke Kotani.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Matonen is looking to slow Thomas down with leg kicks.
Good work by Thomas as he checks the leg kick.
Thomas blocks a head kick by Matonen.
Matonen keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Thomas.
A thudding body kick lands there by Matonen!
Thomas throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Matonen has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Thomas stuns Matonen with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Thomas keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Matonen misses with a body kick.
Thomas ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Thomas misses with a body kick.
Thomas lands a right hook to the body.
Matonen throws a predictable looking body shot
and Thomas counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Matonen avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Matonen looks to land a body kick but Thomas moved away.
Matonen misses with a hook
and Thomas holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Come on Thomas - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Thomas breaks the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Thomas misses with a straight right.
Matonen moves out of range as Thomas strikes.
A big left from Thomas misses.
Matonen keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Thomas.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Matonen lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Thomas has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Thomas and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Thomas misses with a straight left.
A shot to the liver by Matonen. Beautiful body shot.
Matonen tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Thomas paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Thomas moves out of range of the body kick from Matonen.
Thomas lands a nice looking body shot.
Matonen pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Matonen scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Matonen tries to clinch but Thomas moves out of range.
Matonen throws a body shot but no joy.
Thomas is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
Matonen keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Thomas.
A little feinted left hand from Matonen on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
A nice combination there by Matonen.
Matonen swings away with a leg kick that misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Thomas throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Matonen stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Nice jab there from Thomas.
Matonen fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Thomas manages to avoid it.
A punch lands to the side of Thomas 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Matonen misses with a lunging right hand
and Thomas counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Matonen moves out of range of the strikes.
Thomas ducks under a wild hook from Matonen.
Matonen connects with a good right hand that stumbles Thomas. Thomas circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Thomas misses with an uppercut. Matonen saw that one coming.
Thomas throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Matonen sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Matonen throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Matonen tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Thomas manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Matonen throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Nice straight punches there by Thomas. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Thomas.
Matonen throws a body punch but Thomas moves out of range.
A looping hook to the body misses from Thomas. Matonen does a little dance to reset his feet.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Matonen drives through and clinches with Thomas against the cage.
Matonen misses with the head strike.
A short left from Matonen.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Matonen.
A head punch on the inside from Matonen fails to land.
Thomas is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Matonen is keeping busy.
Matonen tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Thomas misses with a hook to the ribs.
Thomas blocks an uppercut.
Matonen digs a right hand into Thomas's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Thomas's gas tank.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Thomas misses with a hook to the ribs.
Matonen's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Thomas.
Thomas moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Matonen scores with a shot to the body.
Matonen tries to close the distance and clinch up but Thomas swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Thomas is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
Thomas throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A swing and a miss from Thomas.
Matonen fails with an attempt to clinch.
Matonen lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Thomas throws a jab when Matonen was well out of range.
Matonen takes one to the side of the head.
Thomas pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Matonen swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Thomas swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Thomas misses with an uppercut. Matonen saw that one coming.
Thomas connects with a single shot there.
Thomas misses with a jab, cross combination.
Thomas swings for the body but Matonen moves out of range.
Thomas takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Thomas throws an overhand right that lands on Matonen's shoulder, as Matonen tries to avoid the shot.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Jab from Matonen.
Matonen misses with a low kick.
Thomas throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Tom Thomas will probably get the nod.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Matonen misses with a hook. Thomas ducked under it nicely.
Matonen walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Matonen lands with a thumping leg kick.
A combination from Matonen does no damage.
Thomas was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
Matonen slips under a jab.
Matonen scoring well with a low kick there.
Matonen tries to clinch but Thomas moves out of range.
Matonen throws a leg kick but Thomas sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Matonen, as that shot connected.
Thomas throws a sloppy body shot
letting Matonen counter with a right hand.
Matonen misses the shot to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Thomas darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Thomas looks to throw the jab but Matonen is out of range.
Thomas waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Matonen.
Thomas misses with a looping right.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Matonen throws an overhand right that lands on Thomas's shoulder, as Thomas tries to avoid the shot.
A bone on bone clash there as Thomas blocks the leg kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Matonen turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Thomas lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Matonen at a distance.
Thomas misses with a wild body shot.
Matonen throws a quick counter kick to the body but Thomas avoids it.
Thomas misses with a straight right.
Thomas looks to land a combination but Matonen avoids it well.
Matonen has closed the distance and engaged Thomas in a clinch.
Thomas lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
A short right from Thomas.
Thomas swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Matonen breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
The fighters circling - Thomas throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Matonen blocks a jab.
Matonen misses with a wild combination.
Matonen misses with a wild body shot.
Thomas misses with an uppercut. Matonen saw that one coming.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Thomas chopping away at his opponent's legs.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Matonen misses with a low kick.
Matonen throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Thomas looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Matonen fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Thomas checks it well.
A little jabbing left from Thomas on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Thomas has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Matonen.
Matonen misses with a hook. Thomas ducked under it nicely.
Matonen lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Thomas circles away quickly and effectively.
Thomas looks to land a combination. Matonen sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Thomas throws a big shot that misses.
Thomas tries to score with a low kick but Matonen moves his leg out of the way.
Thomas will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Matonen throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Thomas flicks out a counter leg kick but Matonen steps away.
Matonen tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Thomas was well out of range. Poor timing from Matonen.
Usko Matonen seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Thomas takes a swing at Matonen's ribcage but misses.
Tom Thomas seems to be getting the better of the standup.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Thomas cracks Matonen with an open hand slap.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Thomas bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Matonen moves out of range of the strikes.
Matonen tries to bum rush Thomas with a series of wild strikes but Thomas uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Thomas connects with a body shot.
Matonen tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Thomas counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Thomas throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Thomas keeps the fight on the outside.
Thomas looks to throw the jab but Matonen is out of range.
Thomas throws out a loose jab but Matonen uses good head movement to avoid it.
Matonen attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Matonen displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Thomas throws out the jab.
Thomas on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Thomas takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Matonen fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Thomas lands with an overhand left.
Matonen on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Matonen walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Thomas checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Thomas throws out a counter right but Matonen avoids it with no problem.
Matonen moves into the clinch.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Thomas.
Thomas lands with a right to the head.
Matonen misses with a punch on the inside.
Matonen escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Thomas misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Matonen.
An attempted straight right counter from Matonen misses the target.
Matonen lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Thomas backs up against the cage.
Matonen misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Thomas has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Matonen.
Thomas just misses with a punch to the body.
Matonen throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Matonen steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Thomas.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Matonen throws a leg kick but Thomas moved away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Tom Thomas will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!
Matonen on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Thomas misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Matonen.
Matonen half committed to a counter leg kick.
Thomas misses with a hook.
Thomas avoids the head kick by Matonen.
Thomas looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Matonen clinches up against the cage.
A short right from Thomas on the inside.
Matonen pressing his opponent against the cage.
Matonen manages to break the clinch.
Matonen staying out of range there.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Thomas throws a nice outside leg kick.
Thomas throws a jab but it's blocked by Matonen.
Thomas tries to clinch but Matonen moves out of range.
Matonen fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Thomas manages to avoid it.
Thomas tries to keep at a distance but Matonen has taken the fight into the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Thomas misses with a punch to the body.
Thomas misses with a body punch.
A short right from Thomas on the inside.
Thomas has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Matonen seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Thomas can turn it around.
Thomas breaks from the clinch.
Matonen scores with a leg kick.
Matonen gets off balance looking for a body kick
and Thomas counters with a straight right hand.
Thomas scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Thomas misses with an uppercut
and Matonen counters with a good low kick that Thomas was not able to check.
Thomas throws an off balance right hand
and Matonen connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Matonen throws a leg kick which misses Thomas's front leg but catches the back leg as Thomas tries to avoid it.
Matonen misses with a straight right.
Thomas misses with an uppercut. Matonen saw that one coming.
Thomas with a hook.
A telegraphed right hand from Matonen misses the target.
Thomas lands a nice looking body shot.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Thomas keeps the fight on the outside.
Thomas rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
letting Matonen counter with a right hand.
Thomas ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Matonen throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Matonen throws a nice outside leg kick.
Thomas throws the left hand but Matonen avoids the punch easily.
Matonen drops his hands momentarily and Thomas takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Thomas comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Thomas ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
A combination from Matonen does no damage.
Thomas throws out a loose jab but Matonen uses good head movement to avoid it.
Matonen is looking to clinch.
Thomas misses with an uppercut.
An attempted straight right counter from Matonen misses the target.
Matonen lands a glancing blow to the side of Thomas's head.
Matonen takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Usko Matonen has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Matonen dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Matonen with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Thomas to score with a decent uppercut.
Thomas misses with a wild body shot.
Matonen fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Thomas manages to avoid it.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Thomas! But no joy.
Matonen uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Thomas.
A counter left hand to the body from Matonen misses its target.
Thomas takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Matonen looks to land a right hand but Thomas moved out of range.
Matonen avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Matonen looks to land a right hand but Thomas moved out of range.
The fighters circling - Thomas throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Thomas misses with a wild combination.
Matonen throwing a counter right hand but Thomas manages to avoid it.
Thomas jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Matonen misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Thomas.
Thomas takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Tom Thomas is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Matonen ducks under a wild hook from Thomas.
A jab from Matonen misses.
Thomas tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Matonen was well out of range. Poor timing from Thomas.
Thomas jabs at Matonen's body.
Matonen ducks right into an uppercut from Thomas.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Thomas dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Thomas keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Matonen lands a nice looking body shot.
Matonen swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Thomas misses with a hook. Matonen ducked under it nicely.
Thomas avoids the body shot from Matonen.
Matonen throws a head kick that misses.
Thomas appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Thomas lands with an overhand left.
Thomas takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Matonen misses with a jab, cross combination.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Tom Thomas.
I've got Thomas 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 Kenichi Hosakawa scores the fight 29:30
Judge Tatsuya Matsuyama scores the fight 29:29
Judge Sosuke Kotani scores the fight 30:28
The fight is ruled a draw!
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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Braylin Timmon (ranked 1013 p4p, 115 weight class) and Naoyuki Nakano (ranked 757 p4p, 86 weight class). I'm sure you'll be fascinated to know that I was talking to some pointless Z list celebrity before the fight and he thought that Naoyuki Nakano was going to win. Let's see if he was right.
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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
14 - 8 - 3, fighting out of New York, Braylin Timmon!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
10 - 5 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Naoyuki Nakano!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Fujiwara, Ren Mimura and Yukihiro Shimada.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Timmon throws a half hearted mid kick.
Nakano misses with a body shot.
Timmon bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Nakano swings widly with a right hand
and Timmon cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Timmon scores with a leg kick.
Nakano wants to land a leg kick but Timmon is out of range.
A jab from Nakano misses.
Timmon clinches up against the cage.
Nakano pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Timmon really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Nakano tries a low kick but Timmon avoids it.
Timmon throws a lazy right hand but Nakano sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Nakano with a hook.
Naoyuki Nakano seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Nakano fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Nakano is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Timmon.
Timmon lands a head kick!
It looks like Naoyuki Nakano has been cut.
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!
Nakano scores with a body shot.
Nakano takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Nakano scores with a shot to the body.
Nakano avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nakano scores with a jab to the jaw.
Timmon bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Timmon throws the left hand but Nakano avoids the punch easily.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Nakano! But no joy.
Nakano uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Nakano throws a looping overhand right but Timmon ducks down to avoid it.
A little feinted left hand from Timmon on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Nice shot lands for Nakano.
Nakano lands a nice shot that snaps Timmon's head back.
Timmon looks to land a left hand but Nakano moved out of range nicely.
A little jabbing left from Nakano on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Timmon lands a nice looking body kick.
Timmon fails with an attempt to clinch.
Nakano scores with a leg kick.
Nakano takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Timmon stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Nakano is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Timmon.
Timmon closes the distance and clinches.
Nakano's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Nakano throws a lazy uppercut
and Timmon counters with a left to the body.
Nakano lands with a cross.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nakano misses the shot to the body.
Nakano moves away from the strike by Timmon.
Timmon ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Nakano moves away.
Timmon misses with a body shot.
Nakano throws a body shot but no joy.
Nakano dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Timmon. That did some damage!
Timmon tries to clinch there but Nakano circles away.
The fight stays on the outside here - Timmon looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Timmon throws out a loose jab but Nakano uses good head movement to avoid it.
Nakano with a hook.
Nakano throws the kick towards the body but Timmon avoids it.
Timmon throws a leg kick which misses Nakano's front leg but catches the back leg as Nakano tries to avoid it.
Timmon swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Timmon avoids the body shot from Nakano.
Nakano misses the jab.
Timmon was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Nakano misses with an attempted mid kick.
Nakano moves into range and connects with a jab.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nakano thows a left - swing and a miss!
Timmon instigates a clinch.
Nakano wants to break the clinch but can't.
Timmon has Nakano pressed against the cage, preventing Nakano from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Timmon lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Nakano or not.
Timmon fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Timmon lands a nice uppercut.
Timmon keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Nakano's efforts to push away.
Nakano manages to break the clinch.
Nakano doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Timmon throws a big shot that misses.
Nakano circles away from the clinch attempt.
Timmon throws a sloppy head kick and Nakano moves out of range easily.
Nice body punch from Nakano.
Timmon fails with an attempt to clinch.
Timmon throws a body shot but no joy.
We've been told by Timmon's head coaches at The Outlaws Fight club We train to kill that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Nakano keeps the fight on the outside.
Nakano lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Timmon tries to clinch
and Nakano counters with a lovely straight right hand!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Nakano throws an overhand right that lands on Timmon's shoulder, as Timmon tries to avoid the shot.
Nakano goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Nakano is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Timmon had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Nakano throws a lazy right hand but Timmon sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Timmon is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Nakano lands the left hand.
Nakano throws a body shot but no joy.
Nakano ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Timmon moves away.
Nakano throws a front kick aimed at Timmon's knee but Timmon avoids it well.
Timmon is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Timmon jabs at Nakano's body.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Timmon tries to clinch but Nakano moves out of range.
Nakano scores with a kick to the midsection.
Timmon tries to clinch but Nakano moves out of range.
Nakano lands with a nice body punch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Naoyuki Nakano dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Naoyuki Nakano's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Timmon throws a sloppy head kick and Nakano moves out of range easily.
Timmon moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Nakano swats away the attempt to clinch by Timmon.
A countering left hand to the body from Nakano misses.
Timmon looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Nakano swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Nakano keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Timmon scores with a punch to the head.
Timmon throws a predictable looking body shot
and Nakano counters with an outside leg kick.
Nakano has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Nakano misses the jab.
Nakano keeps the fight on the outside.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Timmon swings away with a leg kick that misses.
A low kick from Nakano misses
and Timmon counters with a stiff right hand.
Nakano rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Timmon counters with a stiff right hand.
Timmon uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Nakano.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Timmon fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Nakano, pushing him back against the cage.
Timmon doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nakano has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Timmon misses with the head strike.
Nakano is trying to force a seperation but Timmon has the dominant position.
Nakano has had enough of the clinch but Timmon keeps him there for the moment.
Timmon misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Nakano breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Timmon is looking to clinch.
Timmon moves away from the strike by Nakano.
Nakano looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Nakano is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Timmon.
Nakano shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Nakano walks into a stiff left hand from Timmon.
Timmon walks into a stiff left hand from Nakano.
Nakano buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Nakano comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Nakano throws a body shot but no joy.
Timmon tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Nakano was well out of range. Poor timing from Timmon.
Nakano throws a body shot but no joy.
Nakano looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Timmon tries to clinch up
and Nakano counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Timmon is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
A nice side step and Nakano releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Nakano drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Timmon is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Nakano's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Timmon connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Nakano scrambles back to his feet.
Timmon checks the leg kick nicely there.
Nakano feints and then cracks Timmon's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Timmon down.
Naoyuki Nakano seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Timmon gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Timmon makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Nakano breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Nakano lands with a nice body punch.
Nakano lands a glancing blow to the side of Timmon's head.
Timmon moves in looking to clinch but Nakano pushes him off.
Timmon scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Nakano is rocked!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Timmon tries a head kick but it misses.
Nakano is still on wobbly legs! Can Timmon finish him?
Nakano dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Nakano finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Nakano throws a lazy right hand but Timmon sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Decent striking displayed by Nakano there.
Nakano lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Timmon throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Nakano misses with a body kick.
Nakano keeps the fight on the outside.
A leg kick checked by Timmon.
Nakano misses with a wild body shot.
Nakano seems to have recovered his senses.
Nakano on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Timmon slips a jab from Nakano.
Timmon tries to close the distance and clinch but Nakano swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Timmon blocks a jab.
Nakano scores with a leg kick.
Nakano swings for the body but Timmon moves out of range.
Timmon is looking to counter punch.
Timmon ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Nakano moves away.
Timmon fails with an attempt to clinch.
Nakano throws a push kick but Timmon slaps the foot to one side.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Nakano connects with a nice looking jab.
Good work by Timmon as he checks the leg kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nakano takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Nakano connects with an inside leg kick.
Timmon is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Timmon throws a shot from downtown. Nakano moves away and avoids it.
Timmon takes a swing at Nakano's ribcage but misses.
Timmon on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Timmon tries to clinch but Nakano moves out of range.
Timmon slips under a jab from Nakano.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Nakano. Timmon shrugs it off though.
Nakano tries to land a front kick but Timmon steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Timmon throws a head kick that misses.
Nakano feints a counter leg kick.
Nakano throws an overhand right that lands on Timmon's shoulder, as Timmon tries to avoid the shot.
Timmon fails in his attempt to clinch.
Nakano swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Timmon is looking to chop away at Nakano's legs.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Timmon tries to close the distance and clinch up but Nakano swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Nakano takes a swing at Timmon's ribcage but misses.
Timmon ducks under a wild hook from Nakano.
A solid leg kick lands there for Timmon.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Naoyuki Nakano showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Naoyuki Nakano's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!
Timmon ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Nakano moves away.
Nakano steps in looking to counter with the mid kick but it doesn't connect.
Timmon misses with a body shot.
Timmon thumps Nakano with a low kick.
Timmon moves out of range of the body kick.
A bone on bone clash there as Timmon blocks the leg kick.
Nakano lunges at Timmon with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Timmon's hand.
Timmon is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Timmon takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Timmon bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Nakano scores with a shot to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A jab from Nakano misses.
The fight stays on the outside here - Timmon looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Nakano lands with a good body shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Timmon fails in his attempt to clinch.
It seemed like Nakano was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
An inside leg kick lands from Timmon.
Nakano misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Timmon.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Nakano, right into the meat.
Nakano connects with a jab.
Nakano misses with a body kick.
Nakano throws a low kick, looking for Timmon's leg but Timmon calmly moves out of range.
Nakano takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Nakano gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Timmon uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Nakano.
Nakano uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Timmon.
Timmon scores with a sloppy right hand. Nakano should have avoided that one.
Timmon on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Nakano fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Timmon manages to avoid it.
Timmon moves out of range as Nakano throws a body kick.
Timmon throws a sloppy head kick and Nakano moves out of range easily.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Nakano avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nakano is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Timmon.
Nice defenses there by Timmon.
A cross from Timmon lands.
Timmon is looking to clinch.
Nakano misses with a straight right.
Nakano misses with a low kick.
Nakano is looking to chop away at Timmon's legs.
Nakano blocks a jab.
Nakano throws a quick inside leg kick.
The fight stays on the outside here - Timmon looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Nakano dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Timmon clinches with his opponent.
Nakano breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Timmon, as that shot connected.
A nice leg kick lands there from Nakano.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Timmon throws a jab when Nakano was well out of range.
Timmon looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Nakano cracks Timmon with a right hand to the side of the head.
Timmon slips a jab from Nakano.
Timmon is looking to clinch.
Timmon throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Timmon stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Nakano.
Nakano throws a jab but it's blocked by Timmon.
Nakano fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Braylin Timmon has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Nakano throws a right hand that misses
and Timmon counters with a nice body shot.
Naoyuki Nakano is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Nakano motions for Timmon to come forward. Nakano throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Timmon looks to throw the jab but Nakano is out of range.
Timmon is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Nakano swings for the body but Timmon moves out of range.
A slow jab from Nakano misses its intended target.
Nice defenses there by Timmon.
Nakano circles away from the clinch attempt.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Timmon tried to score with a low kick but Nakano checks it.
Nakano avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Timmon connects with a right hand. Nakano shakes it off.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Nice body kick from Nakano.
Timmon tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Nakano counters with a slapping leg kick.
Nakano jabs Timmon to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Timmon tries to clinch there but Nakano circles away.
Timmon is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Nakano paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Timmon tries to clinch up.
The fight stays on the outside here - Timmon looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Timmon fails in his attempt to clinch.
Nakano lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Nakano with a jab.
Nakano misses with a body punch
and Timmon counters with a nice right hand that sends Nakano toppling to the canvas! Nakano scrambles and gets back to his feet - can Timmon finish him?!
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Timmon misses with a looping left.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Naoyuki Nakano.
I've got Nakano 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 Shigeki Fujiwara scores the fight 27:30
Judge Ren Mimura scores the fight 27:30
Judge Yukihiro Shimada scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Naoyuki Nakano!
Naoyuki Nakano managed to slip a mention for his sponsors, KOMBAT KLOTHING, into his post fight interview.
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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Elijah Judah (ranked 966 p4p, 108 weight class) and Imperio Romano (ranked 705 p4p, 81 weight class). The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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World class boxer
Granite chin |
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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
23 - 8 - 3, fighting out of Las Vegas, Elijah Judah!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
22 - 12 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Imperio Romano!
The judges for this bout are Shirou Masuda, Shigeki Fujiwara and Yukihiro Shimada.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Romano throws a shot from downtown. Judah moves away and avoids it.
Judah cracks Romano with an open hand slap.
It looks like Imperio Romano has been cut.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Romano checks a leg kick.
Judah throws a front kick aimed at Romano's knee but Romano avoids it well.
Judah bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Romano slips under a jab.
Romano moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
A jab from Romano misses.
Judah takes a swing at Romano's ribcage but misses.
Judah takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Judah looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Romano connects with an inside leg kick.
Judah misses with a hook. Romano ducked under it nicely.
The fighters circle momentarily. Judah darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Judah swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Judah attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Judah ducks under a wild hook from Romano.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Judah chopping away at his opponent's legs.
A lazy left from Romano finds it's target.
Judah uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Romano has time to react.
Good exchange - Romano coming out on top.
Romano lands a nice leg kick that just misses Judah's sensitive parts.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Judah misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Romano throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Judah on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Romano throws a nice inside leg kick.
Judah misses with a leg kick
and Romano counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Judah thinking.
Judah swings for the body but Romano moves out of range.
Romano was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
Judah throws a body punch but Romano moves out of range.
Judah bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Romano's head.
Romano avoids the body shot from Judah.
Judah pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Romano fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Romano on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Judah. Judah obviously looking to wear him down.
Romano throws a sloppy body shot
and Judah connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Judah buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Judah keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Judah drops his hands momentarily and Romano takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
A decent looking cross lands there for Romano.
Romano misses with a body shot.
Judah is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Romano takes one to the side of the head.
Romano staying out of range there.
Romano appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Romano misses with a straight left.
Judah is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Romano.
Romano misses with a hook.
Judah throwing a counter right hand but Romano manages to avoid it.
Romano tried to score with a low kick but Judah checks it.
Judah swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
A swing and a miss from Romano.
Romano throws the kick towards the body but Judah avoids it.
Judah tries a low kick but Romano avoids it.
Judah misses with a body kick.
Judah throws the kick towards the body but Romano avoids it.
Romano has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Judah finds it's way round the side to connect with Romano's head.
Judah misses with a body shot.
Romano throws a hook but Judah avoids it easily.
Romano throws a hook to the side of Judah's head but Judah sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Judah tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Romano was well out of range. Poor timing from Judah.
Romano uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Judah.
Nice defenses there by Romano.
Judah looks to land a left hand but Romano moved out of range nicely.
Judah is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Romano.
Romano stuns Judah with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Romano avoids the head kick by Judah.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Judah throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Romano on the side of the head.
Romano throws the left hand but Judah avoids the punch easily.
Judah misses with a left hand
and Romano counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Judah is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Nice cross by Judah.
Judah throws a big shot that misses.
Judah slips a straight right by Romano.
Judah throws a hook but Romano avoids it easily.
Romano lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Judah throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
A slapping leg kick lands for Romano.
Romano's corner calls for a 1-2. Romano obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Judah scoring well with a low kick there.
A telegraphed right hand from Judah misses the target.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A decent looking body kick lands there for Romano.
Romano looks to land a right hand but Judah moved out of range.
A slow jab from Judah misses its intended target.
Romano steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Judah.
It seemed like Romano was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
That kick from Romano tenderised Judah's leg. Judah is trying to keep his angry face on.
Judah on the wrong end of a nice jab.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Judah throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Romano sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Nice defenses there by Romano.
A jab from Judah misses.
Judah swings widly with a right hand
and Romano counters with a left to the body.
Judah throws a jab when Romano was well out of range.
Judah throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Romano scores with a punch to the head.
Romano connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Judah throws a big shot that misses.
Judah connects with a solid leg kick.
Romano tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Judah was well out of range. Poor timing from Romano.
Judah takes one to the chin there.
Romano is looking to score with low kicks.
Romano on the wrong end of a nice jab.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Judah blocks a low kick nicely.
An attempted straight right counter from Judah misses the target.
Romano fails to land with a series of punches.
Romano smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Judah throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Romano takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Elijah Judah will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Imperio Romano's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
A telegraphed right hand from Romano misses the target.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Romano.
Romano avoids the body shot from Judah.
It seemed like Romano was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Judah steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Romano.
The crowd cheers as Romano lands an impressive looking overhand right. Judah doesn't seem phased though.
Judah stuns Romano with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Romano looks to score with a jab to the body but Judah is just out of range.
A nice leg kick lands there from Romano.
Judah bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Romano's head.
Judah pivots, looking for a leg kick but Romano is out of range and Judah settles back down.
Romano bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Judah's head backwards.
Judah missing with a left hand there. Romano was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Romano lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Romano uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Judah.
Romano getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Romano moves out of range of the leg kick from Judah.
Judah connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Romano connects with a solid leg kick.
Romano ducks under a wild hook from Judah.
Judah slips a straight right by Romano.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Romano paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Judah lands a jab to the nose.
Romano shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Judah connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Judah is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Judah misses with a shot to the body
and Romano counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Romano misses with an uppercut.
Romano stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Judah.
Judah throws a hook but Romano avoids it easily.
Romano slips a straight right by Judah.
Romano steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Judah.
Romano with a hook.
A left and a right from Romano both land. Nice combination.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Romano fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Judah looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Romano throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Judah makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Judah throws a lazy right hand but Romano sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Romano cracks a nice hook into Judah's ribs.
Romano throws a looping overhand right but Judah ducks down to avoid it.
A slapping body kick lands there for Romano.
Judah throws a solid leg kick but Romano takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Judah.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Judah takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Romano closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Romano throws a poor cross that misses
and Judah counters with a right hand to the body.
Judah throws a lazy right hand but Romano sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Romano with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Judah throws a right hand that misses
and Romano counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Judah throws a wild body kick that Romano sees coming a mile off.
Judah misses with a body shot
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Judah checks the leg kick nicely there.
Romano scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Judah throws a body shot but no joy.
Romano lands a really nice looking cross but Judah seems unphased.
Judah throws a lazy right hand but Romano sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Judah takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Romano lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Judah at a distance.
Judah lands an overhand right.
Romano needs to keep his hands up - Judah had a free shot at his head there.
Judah scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Romano jabs at Judah's body.
Romano takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Judah on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Romano. Romano obviously looking to wear him down.
Judah throws the kick towards the body but Romano avoids it.
Romano looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Judah feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Romano's calf.
Romano has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Romano there as he acknowledges the shot.
Judah misses with a low kick.
Judah is looking to chop away at Romano's legs.
Romano looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Romano has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Romano fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Judah.
Judah blocks the body kick.
Romano looks to score with a jab to the body but Judah is just out of range.
Jab from Romano.
Romano swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Romano moves out of range as Judah strikes.
It seemed like Romano was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
A swing and a miss from Judah.
Romano throws a counter combo.
Romano throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Judah scores with a hook.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Judah scores with a leg kick.
Romano is looking to slow Judah down with leg kicks.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Judah misses with a right hand
letting Romano counter with a right hand.
Judah scores with a jab to the body.
Romano connects with a jab.
The fighters circling - Romano throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Romano displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Judah throws out the jab.
Judah slips a jab from Romano.
It looked like Judah wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Romano delivers a nice body kick.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Romano.
Imperio Romano seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Judah misses with a hook. Romano ducked under it nicely.
Romano scores with a hook to the body. Judah takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Romano misses with a double jab.
Judah throws a leg kick but Romano sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Judah throws a jab but it's blocked by Romano.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Romano throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Judah avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Judah uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Romano.
Romano throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Romano slips under a jab.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Imperio Romano showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Imperio Romano's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!
Romano tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Romano fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Judah will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Romano pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Judah appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Romano uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Judah.
A thudding body kick lands there by Judah!
Romano connects with a jab.
Romano ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Judah lands a nice looking body kick.
Judah misses the jab.
Romano uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Judah.
Romano misses with a low kick.
Judah attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Romano uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Judah.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Judah tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Romano looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Judah throws a half hearted mid kick.
Good work by Romano as he checks the leg kick.
Romano misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Romano throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Judah stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Romano.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A telegraphed right hand from Judah misses the target.
Romano feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Judah's calf.
Romano looks to land a left hand but Judah moved out of range nicely.
It looked like Judah wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Judah misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Romano.
Judah throws a big shot that misses.
Romano moves out of range as Judah strikes.
Romano tries a quick counter leg kick but Judah is wise to it.
Romano jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Romano bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Judah thows a leg kick but Romano checks it
and Romano makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Romano jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Romano throws a leg kick
and Judah cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Romano blocks a head kick by Judah.
Romano misses with a wild body shot.
A slapping leg kick lands for Romano.
Romano tries to land a leg kick but Judah saw it coming and moves away.
A chopping leg kick lands by Romano.
Judah lands with a shot to the body.
A slapping leg kick lands for Judah.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Romano lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
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!
Romano misses with a wild body shot.
Romano rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Judah moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Judah looks to land a left hand but Romano moved out of range nicely.
Judah goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Judah fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Judah looks to land a left hand but Romano moved out of range nicely.
Judah stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Romano.
Romano fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Judah is out of range.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Judah checks a leg kick.
Romano throws a hook but Judah avoids it easily.
Judah lands an overhand right.
Romano avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Judah checks a low kick from Romano.
Romano misses with a hook.
Romano lands a head shot.
Judah misses with a body shot.
A big right from Judah misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Romano cracks Judah with a right hand to the side of the head.
Romano walks into a stiff left hand from Judah.
Judah pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Judah throws a lazy right hand but Romano sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Romano jabs at Judah's body.
Judah throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Judah.
Judah backing away here, and Romano unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
Romano with a jab.
A swing and a miss from Judah.
Romano lands with a kick to the ribs.
Judah chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Romano can pounce on him.
Judah fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Romano checks it well.
Romano throws a jab when Judah was well out of range.
Romano avoids the head kick by Judah.
Romano blocks the body kick.
Judah feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Romano's calf.
Romano cracks the inside of Judah's front leg.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Romano throws a shot to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Judah tries a head kick but it misses.
Romano keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Judah.
Romano is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Judah with a body shot.
Judah takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Romano digs a good body shot into Judah's ribs.
A nice leg kick lands there from Romano.
A slow jab from Judah misses its intended target.
Judah staying out of range there.
Judah takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Judah misses the jab.
Judah backing away here, and Romano unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
Romano blocks the body kick.
Judah swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Romano connects with a good right hand that stumbles Judah. Judah circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Romano explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Romano throws a body punch but Judah moves out of range.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Judah misses with a body shot.
Romano avoids the body shot from Judah.
Romano tries a head kick but it misses.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Imperio Romano.
Well Romano has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Shirou Masuda scores the fight 28:29
Judge Shigeki Fujiwara scores the fight 28:29
Judge Yukihiro Shimada scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Imperio Romano!
A less than humble Imperio Romano misjudged his post fight interview somewhat and came across a little too arrogant whilst trying to hype up his own abilities.
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Koichi Kamei (ranked 447 p4p, 56 weight class) and Katu Partio (ranked 357 p4p, 44 weight class). Partio has chosen Sininen sunnuntai as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. 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.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
10 - 5 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Koichi Kamei!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
28 - 16 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Katu Partio!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Shimada, Kenichi Hosakawa and Tatsuya Matsuyama.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kamei fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Partio manages to avoid it.
Partio throws a leg kick but Kamei moved away.
Kamei throws a jab when Partio was well out of range.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Nice body kick there by Partio.
Kamei throws a body punch but Partio moves out of range.
Kamei throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Kamei blocks a head kick by Partio.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Partio.
Partio lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Partio throws a jab when Kamei was well out of range.
It looked like Kamei was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Partio.
Partio misses with a low kick.
Kamei is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Partio doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Kamei counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Partio throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Kamei sees it coming and avoids it easily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Partio scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Kamei misses the shot to the body.
Partio shapes to counter with a head kick.
Good leg kick by Partio there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Kamei looks to throw the jab but Partio is out of range.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Partio misses with a looping left.
Kamei is looking to wear down Partio with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Partio avoids the body shot from Kamei.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kamei ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Partio moves away.
Kamei checks a low kick from Partio.
Kamei throws a hook to the side of Partio's head but Partio sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Kamei throws a body shot but no joy.
Kamei tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Partio was well out of range. Poor timing from Kamei.
Kamei fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Kamei waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Partio.
Partio drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Kamei defends it well.
We've been told by Kamei's head coaches at Rings Russia that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Partio throws a low kick but it's checked well by Kamei.
An inside leg kick lands from Partio.
A looping hook to the body misses from Kamei. Partio does a little dance to reset his feet.
Kamei takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Kamei misses with a lunging right hand
and Partio connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Kamei throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Kamei scores with a shot to the body.
Kamei takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Kamei ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Partio moves away.
A jab from Partio finds it's way through Kamei's defenses.
Kamei throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Partio stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Kamei avoids the head kick by Partio.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kamei throws a body punch but Partio moves out of range.
Partio throws a big shot that misses.
Partio scores with a leg kick.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Kamei crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Partio - the referee stops the clock and Kamei gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Partio. Kamei manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Kamei throws a sloppy body shot
so Partio counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Kamei uses the cage to get back to his feet.
Kamei scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
A nice inside leg kick there by Partio. That's going to slow Kamei down.
Kamei slips under a jab from Partio.
Partio walks into a stiff left hand from Kamei.
Partio throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Kamei looks to score with a jab to the body but Partio is just out of range.
And Partio responds with a good body kick, but Kamei manages to step out the way in time.
Kamei thuds a left hand into Partio's body.
Nice body punch from Kamei.
Koichi Kamei is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Partio with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Partio lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Kamei circles away quickly and effectively.
Kamei fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Partio will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Partio lands a leg kick that knocks Kamei off balance momentarily.
Kamei tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Partio was well out of range. Poor timing from Kamei.
Partio looks to throw the jab but Kamei is out of range.
Kamei lands a jab to the head.
Partio takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Kamei misses with a body shot.
Kamei lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Kamei tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Partio was well out of range. Poor timing from Kamei.
Kamei checks a leg kick.
Kamei moves out of range of the leg kick from Partio.
Nice uppercut lands for Kamei. That snapped Partio's head back.
Partio misses with a low kick as Kamei jumps back.
Partio keeps Kamei at a distance using the push kick.
Kamei ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Partio moves away.
Kamei throws a good cross that connects.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Kamei takes a swing at Partio's ribcage but misses.
Partio drives through with a takedown into guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kamei working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Partio.
Partio cracks Kamei with a solid left hand.
Kamei has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
Partio missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Partio postures up.
Kamei wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
In the pre-fight buildup videos we saw Partio working his ground and pound in the gym. He isn't landing a great percentage of his ground strikes so far though.
Partio landing some decent shots from guard.
Kamei preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Partio trying to control the position from guard on top but Kamei is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Partio working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Kamei seems keen to control Partio's posture.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Katu Partio will probably get the nod.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Kamei catches Partio with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Partio throws a quick inside leg kick.
Kamei scores with a punch to the head.
Koichi Kamei is winning the standup battle so far.
A lazy left from Partio finds it's target.
Partio tries to work over Kamei's front leg with a kick but Kamei checks it.
Partio misses with a body kick.
A solid body kick from Partio.
Kamei misses with a straight right.
Partio keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Kamei misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Partio.
Partio throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Kamei is looking to counter punch.
Partio keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Partio ducks under a wild hook from Kamei.
Partio tries to score a power double leg takedown but Kamei sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Partio somewhat.
Kamei misses the shot to the body.
Kamei connects with a good right hand that stumbles Partio. Partio circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Partio throws a half hearted mid kick.
Partio throws a leg kick but Kamei sees it coming and moves out of range.
Partio throws a wild body kick that Kamei sees coming a mile off.
Kamei throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Partio is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Kamei avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Kamei looks to score with a jab to the body but Partio is just out of range.
Partio feints the counter takedown.
Partio walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Partio lands a nice looking kick to the body. Kamei takes a step back to recover.
Kamei looks to land a right hand but Partio moved out of range.
Kamei lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Partio uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Kamei.
Kamei just misses with a punch to the body.
Partio tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Kamei ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Partio moves away.
Partio tries a low kick but Kamei avoids it.
Kamei appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Partio slips a straight right by Kamei.
Partio wants to land a leg kick but Kamei is out of range.
Partio lands a nice looking kick to the body. Kamei takes a step back to recover.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Partio tests Kamei's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Kamei takes a swing at Partio's ribcage but misses.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Partio takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Kamei scores with a hook to the body. Partio takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Kamei will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Kamei digs a good hook to Partio's body.
Nice body kick there by Partio.
Kamei just misses with a punch to the body.
Partio throws a head kick that half lands.
Kamei misses with a hook. Partio ducked under it nicely.
Kamei throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Partio throws a big counter head kick but Kamei avoids it with no problem.
A looping hook to the body misses from Kamei. Partio does a little dance to reset his feet.
Partio tries a low kick but Kamei avoids it.
Kamei moves out of range as Partio strikes.
Partio throws a sloppy head kick and Kamei moves out of range easily.
Kamei throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Partio tries a quick counter leg kick but Kamei is wise to it.
Partio closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kamei blocks a leg kick.
Kamei misses with an uppercut
and Partio counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Kamei moves away from the strike by Partio.
Kamei misses with a hook.
Kamei swings away with a body shot that misses
and Partio counters with a body kick.
Kamei comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Kamei misses with a body punch
and Kamei takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Partio lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Kamei has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Kamei and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Kamei swings away with a body shot that misses
and Partio counters with a thumping low kick.
Partio avoids the body shot from Kamei.
Partio is trying to counter with his kicks.
Partio lands with a slapping head kick.
Partio swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Partio thows a left - swing and a miss!
Partio swinging wildly here.
Kamei throws a body shot but no joy.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Kamei scores with a jab. Partio acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Partio, right into the meat.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kamei lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Partio throws a push kick but Kamei slaps the foot to one side.
Partio takes one to the chin there.
Kamei takes a swing at Partio's ribcage but misses.
Kamei takes a swing at Partio's ribcage but misses.
Partio uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Kamei.
Kamei takes a swing at Partio's ribcage but misses.
Kamei gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Partio.
Kamei tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Partio was well out of range. Poor timing from Kamei.
Partio misses with a kick to the body.
Partio lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Good exchange - Partio coming out on top.
Kamei takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Kamei looks to score with a jab to the body but Partio is just out of range.
Kamei moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Kamei avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
It looked like Kamei was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Partio.
Partio misses with a jab, cross combination.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Katu Partio will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!
Partio dips to his left and cracks Kamei with an uppercut!
Nice takedown defense from Kamei. No joy for Partio on that attempt.
Kamei throws a hook but Partio blocks it.
Kamei tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Partio was well out of range. Poor timing from Kamei.
A big left from Kamei misses.
Partio throws a push kick but Kamei slaps the foot to one side.
Kamei throws a big shot that misses.
Kamei misses with an uppercut.
Kamei scores with a nice strike.
Kamei throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Partio is looking to score with low kicks.
A shot to the liver by Kamei. Beautiful body shot.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kamei keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Partio.
Partio throws the kick towards the body but Kamei avoids it.
Kamei ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Partio tries to work over Kamei's front leg with a kick but Kamei checks it.
Partio swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Kamei misses with a telegraphed body shot
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Partio looks to land a body kick but Kamei moved away.
Partio uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Kamei.
Partio gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Kamei.
Partio connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Partio fakes the leg kick and cracks Kamei in the body.
Kamei takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Nice shot by Partio.
Partio will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Partio looks for the body kick but Kamei saw that one coming.
A quick step to the side and Kamei tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Partio takes one on the button.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Kamei checks a leg kick.
Partio misses with a body kick.
Partio attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Kamei misses the shot to the body.
Partio throws a push kick but Kamei slaps the foot to one side.
A left lands for Partio.
Kamei looks to throw the jab but Partio is out of range.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Partio is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Kamei.
Partio tried to score with a low kick but Kamei checks it.
Partio fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Kamei on the side of the head.
Kamei misses the shot to the body.
Partio throws a big shot that misses.
Kamei moves out of range of the body kick.
Kamei is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Partio looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Partio throws a nice outside leg kick.
Partio slips under a jab from Kamei.
Partio slips a straight right by Kamei.
Kamei throws a body punch but Partio moves out of range.
A looping hook to the body misses from Kamei. Partio does a little dance to reset his feet.
Kamei checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
It looked like Kamei was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Partio.
Kamei tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Partio was well out of range. Poor timing from Kamei.
Kamei throws the left hand but Partio avoids the punch easily.
Partio moves away from the strike by Kamei.
Kamei looks to score with a jab to the body but Partio is just out of range.
Kamei is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Partio closes the distance and clinches up with Kamei, looking for a takedown. Partio pushes Kamei against the cage but Kamei circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Partio looks to throw the jab but Kamei is out of range.
Koichi Kamei has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Kamei throws a hook but Partio blocks it.
Partio takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Good leg kick by Partio there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Kamei misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Partio.
Partio looks to land a left hand but Kamei moved out of range nicely.
Partio misses with a leg kick.
A clash of legs there as Kamei blocks the low kick.
Partio needs to keep his hands up - Kamei had a free shot at his head there.
Partio keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Kamei lands a jab to the head.
Kamei tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Partio was well out of range. Poor timing from Kamei.
Partio tries a quick counter leg kick but Kamei is wise to it.
Kamei missing with a left hand there. Partio was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Partio throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Kamei throws a shot from downtown. Partio moves away and avoids it.
Kamei's corner calls for a 1-2. Kamei obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Partio uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Kamei.
Kamei misses with a looping left.
Kamei misses with a straight right.
Kamei lands with an overhand left.
Partio blocks a jab.
Kamei misses with a jab to the body
and Partio counters with a slapping leg kick.
Partio tries a low kick but Kamei avoids it.
Partio goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Partio throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Partio dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Kamei. That did some damage!
Kamei cracks a nice hook into Partio's ribs.
Partio avoids the body shot from Kamei.
Partio throws a shot from downtown. Kamei moves away and avoids it.
Kamei throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
A slow jab from Kamei misses its intended target.
Kamei throws a jab but it's blocked by Partio.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Koichi Kamei.
I think Partio has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 28:29
Judge Kenichi Hosakawa scores the fight 28:29
Judge Tatsuya Matsuyama scores the fight 28:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Katu Partio!
Katu Partio was full of energy after the big win and talked about how he thinks he can do big things in this sport. The crowd were appreciative of his determination to succeed.
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Michael Bennet (ranked 226 p4p, 34 weight class) and Léonard Lucy (ranked 377 p4p, 50 weight class). On his way into the cage it seems that Michael Bennet has been attacked by a crazed fan! It looks like it might have been the just bleed guy! Luckily Michael Bennet seems to be OK! I thought that lunatic was in prison!?
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
21 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Michael Bennet!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
15 - 8 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Léonard Lucy!
The judges for this bout are Kenichi Hosakawa, Yukihiro Yamamoto and Hirohito Nitta.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bennet connects with the punch.
Bennet swings away with a body shot that misses
and Lucy makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Bennet scores with a jab. Lucy acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Bennet dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
A telegraphed right hand from Bennet misses the target.
Bennet connects with a leg kick. Lucy looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Lucy throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Michael Bennet seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Lucy staying out of range there.
Lucy blocks a jab.
Bennet misses the shot to the body.
Bennet takes a swing at Lucy's ribcage but misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bennet lands a two punch combo.
Bennet lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
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!
Bennet throws a body shot but no joy.
Bennet takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Lucy walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lucy fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Bennet is out of range.
Lucy keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Lucy follows through with a counter body kick but it doesn't land.
Lucy misses with a hook.
A looping hook to the body misses from Bennet. Lucy does a little dance to reset his feet.
Bennet throws the left hand but Lucy avoids the punch easily.
Lucy misses with an uppercut. Bennet saw that one coming.
Bennet quickly followed up with a counter body kick but doesn't connect.
Bennet scores with the left hand. Lucy knows he should have avoided that one.
Bennet misses with a straight right.
The fighters circling - Bennet throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Lucy looks like he wanted to counter with a high kick but didn't throw it.
Bennet throws a body shot but no joy.
Lucy moves out of range of the strikes.
Lucy swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Bennet throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
The fighters circling - Lucy throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
We can't be sure of the tactics at this early stage but we have heard that Lucy has been working on his takedowns a lot in the buildup to the fight and we can only assume he's going to look to take this to the mat.
Bennet misses with an uppercut
and Lucy counters with a body kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bennet with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Lucy takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Lucy blocks the body kick.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Lucy ducks under a wild hook from Bennet.
Bennet throws a push kick but Lucy slaps the foot to one side.
Lucy keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Bennet is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Lucy looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Bennet misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Bennet misses with a body shot.
Lucy lands a big head kick that sends Bennet tumbling to the mat! Lucy takes a step backwards and waves Bennet back to his feet - he wants the finish!
Bennet is rocked!
It looks like Michael Bennet has been cut.
Bennet gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Lucy working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Oh Bennet is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Bennet lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Lucy backwards.
Bennet seems to have got his legs back now.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bennet misses with a short punch on the inside.
Lucy fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Bennet breaks the clinch.
Lucy misses with an uppercut
and Bennet counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Lucy misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Bennet.
Lucy attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Bennet misses with a lunging right hand
and Lucy counters with a nice right hand that sends Bennet toppling to the canvas! Bennet scrambles and gets back to his feet - can Lucy finish him?!
Lucy drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Bennet scores with a spinning back kick!
A jab from Bennet misses.
Bennet lands a two punch combo.
Bennet tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Lucy was well out of range. Poor timing from Bennet.
Bennet ducks under a wild hook from Lucy.
Bennet moves into range and clinches up with Lucy.
Lucy wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Bennet has him pressed against the cage.
Lucy escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A nice inside leg kick there by Bennet. That's going to slow Lucy down.
We've been told by Bennet's head coaches at IMMA Gym of Elite ASS that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Lucy takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Bennet's corner calls for a 1-2. Bennet obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Bennet lets loose with a powerful body kick. Lucy will feel that in the morning.
Bennet cracks the inside of Lucy's front leg.
A swing and a miss from Lucy.
A looping hook to the body misses from Bennet. Lucy does a little dance to reset his feet.
Lucy pivots, looking for a leg kick but Bennet is out of range and Lucy settles back down.
Bennet was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Lucy takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Lucy drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A looping hook to the body misses from Bennet. Lucy does a little dance to reset his feet.
Bennet goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Lucy keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Bennet ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Lucy moves away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Michael Bennet dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Michael Bennet'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.
Bennet misses with a kick to the body
and Lucy connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Lucy circles away from the clinch attempt
enabling Lucy to counter with a crisp jab.
Michael Bennet's cut is getting worse.
Lucy lands a jab-cross combination.
Lucy takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Lucy misses with a hook. Bennet ducked under it nicely.
Bennet just misses with a punch to the body.
Bennet feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Lucys jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Bennet jabs at Lucy's body.
Lucy defending well as Bennet loads up on a big left hand.
Lucy avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Bennet bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Lucy has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Lucy there as he acknowledges the shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lucy keeps the fight on the outside.
Bennet takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Lucy blocks the body kick.
Lucy feints and then winds up with a huge right hand that connects perfectly and sends Bennet sprawling to the canvas! Bennet rolls over backwards and springs off the cage and manages to regain his footing - how acrobatic! Oh, he's still wobbly - can Lucy finish him?!
Lucy throws the left hand but Bennet avoids the punch easily.
Bennet scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Lucy drops Bennet with a hook right on the temple. He thinks about going to the ground but Bennet looks back up at him and smiles so Lucy waves him back to his feet - he obviously thinks he can knock him out after that shot landed.
Michael Bennet's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Crunch! Bennet slams his shin into Lucy's torso.
Bennet delivers a nice body kick.
Bennet lands a jab to Lucy's midsection.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Bennet.
Bennet throws a body shot but no joy.
Both fighters circling a little - Bennet finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Lucy pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lucy moves out of range of the strikes.
Lucy is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Bennet with a body shot.
Lucy tries to work over Bennet's front leg with a kick but Bennet checks it.
Lucy misses with an uppercut.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Bennet.
Lucy fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Bennet looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Bennet slips under a jab.
A good leg kick by Bennet.
Bennet throws a hook but Lucy blocks it.
Lucy looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Bennet blocks a jab.
A quick step to the side and Bennet tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Bennet gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Lucy tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Lucy takes a shot to the head.
Bennet misses with a hook to the ribs.
Lucy throws a head punch that misses.
Lucy breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bennet looks to score with a jab to the body but Lucy is just out of range.
A bone on bone clash there as Lucy blocks the leg kick.
Lucy checks a low kick from Bennet.
Lucy takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
A looping hook to the body misses from Bennet. Lucy does a little dance to reset his feet.
Lucy was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
Bennet sizes up Lucy with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Bennet misses with a body kick.
Lucy walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Bennet checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Lucy looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Bennet thinks about countering with a body kick.
Lucy on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Nice straight punches there by Bennet. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Bennet.
Lucy steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Bennet.
Lucy looks like he wants to counter punch here.
The fighters circling - Bennet throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Lucy looks like he wants to counter punch here.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jab, jab by Bennet - just one landing.
Bennet throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Lucy counters with a low kick, right behind Bennet 's knee.
Bennet bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Lucy on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Lucy takes a swing at Bennet's ribcage but misses.
Bennet lands a head shot.
Bennet throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Bennet moves out of range of the strikes.
Lucy's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Bennet connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Lucy scrambles back to his feet.
Lucy misses with an uppercut. Bennet saw that one coming.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Bennet misses with a body kick.
A nice side step and Lucy releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Bennet goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Bennet throws a right hand that misses
and Lucy counters with a stiff right hand.
Lucy rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Bennet moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Léonard Lucy will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Michael Bennet's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Bennet throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Lucy swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Good work by Bennet as he checks the leg kick.
Lucy takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Bennet lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Lucy takes one to the side of the head.
Lucy on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Michael Bennet is winning the standup battle so far.
Lucy avoids the body shot from Bennet.
Bennet dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Lucy avoids a kick to the body.
Bennet pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Lucy looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Bennet throws a body kick that misses.
Lucy tries to land a body kick
and Bennet counters with a nice uppercut.
Bennet connects with a right hand. Lucy shakes it off.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bennet scores with a hook to the body. Lucy takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Bennet scores with a hook to the body. Lucy takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Lucy misses with a hook. Bennet ducked under it nicely.
Bennet appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Bennet cracks Lucy with a right hand to the side of the head.
Bennet tries to land a front kick but Lucy steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
It seemed like Lucy was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Bennet with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Lucy uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Bennet.
Bennet lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Lucy at a distance.
A big right from Lucy misses.
Bennet digs a good body shot into Lucy's ribs.
Jab from Lucy.
Bennet bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Lucy is looking to score with low kicks.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lucy just misses with a punch to the body.
A clash of legs there as Lucy blocks the low kick.
Bennet throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Bennet lands with a nice body kick.
Lucy misses with a head kick.
Bennet waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Lucy.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Bennet.
Lucy throws a hook but Bennet blocks it.
Some wild striking there from Lucy.
And Bennet counters with a quick kick to the body but Lucy blocks it.
Bennet jabs at Lucy's body.
Bennet fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Lucy manages to avoid it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lucy tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Bennet was well out of range. Poor timing from Lucy.
Lucy moves out of range of the strikes.
As Bennet backs off Lucy throws a huge counter combo but Bennet manages to avoid it all.
Bennet misses with a wild body shot.
It seemed like Lucy was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Bennet on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Lucy ducks under a wild hook from Bennet.
Bennet is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Lucy can do to turn this around?
Bennet tries to land a body kick
and Lucy counters with a straight right hand.
Jeez, Michael Bennet's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.
Bennet throws a lazy uppercut
and Lucy cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
A jab from Bennet does it's job there.
Bennet scores with a jab to the body.
Bennet misses with a body kick.
Bennet uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Lucy.
Bennet catches Lucy with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Good leg kick by Bennet there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Lucy has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Bennet.
Lucy takes one to the side of the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Bennet throws a body kick that misses.
Bennet throws out a loose jab but Lucy uses good head movement to avoid it.
Lucy swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Lucy misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Bennet getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Bennet scores with a nice body kick.
Bennet tries to land a body kick
and Lucy counters with a stiff right hand.
The referee calls the doctor in to look at Michael Bennet's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:44 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Léonard Lucy!
A victorious Léonard Lucy thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Zammy Bailey (ranked 664 p4p, 95 weight class) and De Forest Treadwell (ranked 544 p4p, 76 weight class). Treadwell has chosen God gave me style, I’m coming home mix as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
25 - 21 - 0, fighting out of New York, Zammy Bailey!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
15 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, De Forest Treadwell!
The judges for this bout are Kenichi Hosakawa, Ren Mimura and Shirou Masuda.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bailey misses with a head kick.
Treadwell throws a nice head kick!
Bailey misses with a straight left.
Treadwell lands with a straight right. Bailey didn't see that one coming.
Treadwell slips under a jab.
Bailey throws a body punch but Treadwell moves out of range.
Bailey doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Treadwell moves forwards but Bailey connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Bailey uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Treadwell.
A little feinted left hand from Bailey on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Bailey slips a jab and a cross from Treadwell.
Treadwell takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Treadwell gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Bailey keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Treadwell's efforts to push away.
Treadwell turns his hips and lands a very nice judo throw into side control!
Bailey is trying to get back to his feet.
Treadwell controlling the position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Bailey is working hard to escape and get back to his feet. After a battle for position, Treadwell asserts his dominance and retains side control.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Treadwell misses with the ground and pound.
Bailey is looking to work his way out of this bad position but Treadwell is controlling him well.
Treadwell tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
Bailey is not content to let Treadwell control the position.
Treadwell throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
Treadwell wants to control but Bailey is keeping him busy.
Treadwell sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Bailey is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
Bailey is pushing Treadwell's head away, looking to escape. Treadwell manages to hold on to the position though.
Treadwell tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
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.
Bailey wants to get back to his feet.
Bailey's coaches at The Outlaws Fight club We train to kill have been working on his defensive grappling in preparation for this fight so let's see if he can get out of this tricky position.
Treadwell is pausing for a moment. What's he doing? It looks like he's clearing his nose. Oh dude! He's shot a load of snot all down Bailey's shoulder. That is not cool.
Treadwell misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.
Bailey is trying to escape and get back to his feet.
Treadwell working the ground and pound but Bailey is defending the strikes.
Treadwell looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Bailey is avoiding damage well.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Bailey prevents Treadwell from improving position.
Treadwell is looking to take a break and control but Bailey is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Bailey is working hard to escape and get back to his feet. After a battle for position, Treadwell asserts his dominance and retains side control.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bailey throws out a leg kick but Treadwell moves out of range and Bailey only half commits.
Bailey staying out of range there.
Bailey fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Treadwell manages to avoid it.
Bailey misses with an uppercut. Treadwell saw that one coming.
Treadwell lands the left hand.
Treadwell takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Treadwell moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Treadwell tries to clinch but Bailey moves out of range.
Treadwell lands a lovely overhand right.
Treadwell takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Bailey takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Treadwell throws a nice outside leg kick.
Bailey just misses with a punch to the body.
Treadwell uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Bailey.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Good shot there by Treadwell.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bailey lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Treadwell lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Treadwell cracks Bailey with an open hand slap.
Treadwell changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Bailey tries to avoid it but Treadwell manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Bailey to the ground. Bailey escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Bailey avoids the body shot from Treadwell.
Treadwell misses with a combination
and Bailey counters with a body kick.
Bailey lands a nice looking body shot.
Bailey feints and then cracks Treadwell's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Treadwell down.
Bailey jabs Treadwell to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Zammy Bailey is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Treadwell walks into a stiff left hand from Bailey.
Treadwell swings away with a body shot that misses
and Bailey counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Treadwell looks winded!
A looping hook to the body misses from Treadwell. Bailey does a little dance to reset his feet.
Treadwell throws a head kick but Bailey moves out of range.
Bailey dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Nice body kick from Bailey.
De Forest Treadwell seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Treadwell pulls out of a head kick attempt.
It looked like Bailey wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Bailey throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but De Forest Treadwell will probably get the nod.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Bailey ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Treadwell moves away.
Bailey looks to land a body kick but Treadwell moved away.
Bailey lands a big uppercut and Treadwell crumbles to the floor! The ref thinks about stopping the fight but Treadwell looks OK. Bailey waves Treadwell back to his feet!
Treadwell is rocked!
Bailey circles away before darting back in with a big straight right hand. It connects beautifully and sends Treadwell tumbling to the canvas! He's out cold! Bailey wins by KO!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:16 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Zammy Bailey!
Zammy Bailey took some time post fight to say the following; 'I don't know. Only God knows where the story ends for me, but I know where the story begins. It's up to us to choose, whether we win or lose and I choose to win! Feed me the nr1
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Earl Lee Grace (ranked 914 p4p, 105 weight class) and Kusal Perera (ranked 508 p4p, 67 weight class). 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.
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240 lbs
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
13 - 9 - 0, fighting out of London, Earl Lee Grace!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
26 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Kusal Perera!
The judges for this bout are Ren Mimura, Shirou Masuda and Taro Takaoka.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Perera throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
A head kick misses from Grace.
Grace throws a push kick but Perera slaps the foot to one side.
It seemed like Perera was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Grace moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Grace moves into the clinch.
Perera manages to break the clinch.
A left and a right from Grace both land. Nice combination.
It looks like Kusal Perera has been cut.
Grace cracks Perera with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
A shot to the liver by Grace. Beautiful body shot.
Grace misses with a looping right.
Perera only half commits to the counter leg kick.
Perera misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Grace is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from Perera.
Earl Lee Grace seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Perera takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Perera thumps Grace with a low kick.
Perera swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Perera uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Grace.
Perera steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Grace.
Grace lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Grace lands a nice looking body kick.
A combination from Grace does no damage.
Grace throws a shot from downtown. Perera moves away and avoids it.
Perera throws a body kick that misses.
Grace gets in close and instigates a clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Grace tries to break the clinch but Perera is controlling the position.
Perera blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Perera breaks from the clinch.
Grace staying out of range there.
Grace scores with a punch to the head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Grace is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Perera swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Perera avoids the body shot from Grace.
Grace misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Grace wants to clinch up but Perera keeps it at a distance.
Grace cracks the inside of Perera's front leg.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Perera missing with a left hand there. Grace was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Perera takes a swing at Grace's ribcage but misses.
Grace jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Perera let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Grace thows a leg kick but Perera checks it
and Perera counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
It looks like Earl Lee Grace has been cut.
Perera throws out a loose jab but Grace uses good head movement to avoid it.
An attempted straight right counter from Grace misses the target.
Grace throws a right and a left that Perera avoids nicely.
Perera lands a head shot.
Grace throws a hook but Perera avoids it easily.
Perera looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Grace looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Perera misses with a right hand
and Grace counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Grace throws a lazy uppercut
and Perera counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Grace throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Perera sees it coming and avoids it easily.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Perera takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Perera scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Grace throws a lazy uppercut
and Perera counters with a stiff jab, followed by a cross and an uppercut! That's too much punishment for Grace to take - he tumbles to the canvas, blood pouring from his nose, barely conscious. That's the end of the fight! Great knockout by Perera!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:22 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Kusal Perera!
A victorious Kusal Perera thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Yonglong Li (ranked 285 p4p, 45 weight class) and Jack Stone (ranked 106 p4p, 15 weight class). Jack Stone has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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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
29 - 13 - 2, fighting out of Montreal, Yonglong Li!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
33 - 13 - 2, fighting out of Los Angeles, Jack Stone!
The judges for this bout are Yuuki Gou, Sosuke Kotani and Yukihiro Shimada.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Stone ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Li lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Li fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Stone checks it well.
Stone lands with a nice body kick.
Li throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Stone sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Stone throws out a counter right but Li avoids it with no problem.
Li looks to score with a jab to the body but Stone is just out of range.
Stone moves out of range as Li strikes.
Li ducks under a wild hook from Stone.
Stone throws a lazy uppercut
and Li cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Li swings for the body but Stone moves out of range.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Stone lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Li has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Li and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Li fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Stone manages to avoid it.
Stone walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Li checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Li fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Stone looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Li connects with a body shot.
Stone looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Li dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Li finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
A looping hook to the body misses from Li. Stone does a little dance to reset his feet.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Stone throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Li misses the jab.
Li dips to his left and cracks Stone with an uppercut!
Li has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Fight Factory in the buildup to the fight.
Stone looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Li throwing a counter right hand but Stone manages to avoid it.
Stone lands a head shot.
Stone scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Li misses with a body shot.
Stone on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Li. Li obviously looking to wear him down.
Li throws a low kick but Stone moves out of range easily.
Stone showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Li.
Stone lands a big head kick that sends Li tumbling to the mat! Stone takes a step backwards and waves Li back to his feet - he wants the finish!
Li is rocked!
It looks like Yonglong Li has been cut.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Li lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Stone at a distance.
Li throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
A looping hook to the body misses from Stone. Li does a little dance to reset his feet.
Stone lands a nice looking kick to the body. Li takes a step back to recover.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Li will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Stone slips a straight right by Li.
Li bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Nice defenses there by Stone.
Stone thuds his right hand into Li's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Li swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Li bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Stone's head.
Stone scores with a nice right hand.
Stone misses with a looping right.
Stone lunges at Li with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Li's hand.
Stone checks a low kick from Li.
Li keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Li tried to counter with a leg kick but Stone avoided it.
Li staying out of range there.
Li throws a leg kick but Stone checks it.
Li throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Li throws a looping overhand right but Stone ducks down to avoid it.
Stone scores with a nice strike.
Stone throws a predictable looking body shot
and Li counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Li throws a nice inside leg kick.
Li misses with a wild body shot.
Li ducks under a wild hook from Stone.
Li ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Stone moves away.
Li swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Stone tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
As Stone backs away, Li returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
A cross from Stone lands.
Li misses with a straight left.
Li shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Li throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Stone stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Li is looking to wear down Stone with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Li takes a swing at Stone's ribcage but misses.
Li just misses with a punch to the body.
Li throws a body shot but no joy.
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!
Li misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Stone.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Stone scores with a jab. Li acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Stone throws an off balance right hand
and Li counters with a slapping leg kick.
Stone scores with a leg kick.
A looping hook to the body misses from Stone. Li does a little dance to reset his feet.
Stone throws a looping overhand right but Li ducks down to avoid it.
Li scores with a push kick.
Stone throws a sloppy body shot
and Li counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Stone is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Li had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Stone scores with a jab to the jaw.
A looping hook to the body misses from Li. Stone does a little dance to reset his feet.
Stone feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Li's calf.
Li throws a low kick but Stone moves out of range easily.
Stone feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Li's calf.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Stone misses with a straight right.
Stone throws a chopping leg kick but Li manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
A solid leg kick lands there for Stone.
Nice shot lands for Li.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Yonglong Li will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Yonglong Li's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
A big right from Li misses.
Stone tries to close the distance and clinch but Li swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Stone shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Stone lunges at Li with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Li's hand.
Stone lands a front kick.
Li has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Stone.
Li drops his hands momentarily and Stone takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Li gets off balance looking for a body kick
and Stone counters with a stiff right hand.
Oh Li is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Stone uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Li.
Li seems to have got his legs back now.
Stone looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Li takes a swing at Stone's ribcage but misses.
Stone smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Li misses with an uppercut
and Li takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Stone is looking to slow Li down with leg kicks.
Li finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Li tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Stone was well out of range. Poor timing from Li.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A looping hook to the body misses from Li. Stone does a little dance to reset his feet.
Stone jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Stone uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Li.
Li explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Stone swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Li misses with an attempted mid kick.
Li takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Stone misses the shot to the body.
Stone misses the jab.
Stone misses with a straight right.
Stone throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Nice body punch from Li.
Stone goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Stone takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Li uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Stone.
Li keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Nice shot by Li.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Li throws a body kick, spinning off balance
and Stone counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Li swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Li moves out of range as Stone throws a body kick.
Li ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Li blocks a jab.
Stone misses with a head kick.
Li swings and misses with a shot to the body
enabling Stone to counter with a crisp jab.
Li misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
A low kick from Li misses
and Stone counters with a series of strikes. Li will be more careful next time no doubt.
Stone lands with a hook. Li tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Stone drops Li with a beautiful combination! Li stares up at his opponent, who ushers him back to his feet - Stone is looking for the KO!
Li scores with a hook to the body. Stone takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Li throws a jab when Stone was well out of range.
Stone is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Li with a body shot.
Li throws a body punch but Stone moves out of range.
Li throws a combination that misses
and Stone counters with a right hand to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Stone throws a lazy right hand but Li sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Stone throws a hook but Li blocks it.
This entire fight has taken place on the feet so far and you wonder whether Li might be better served trying to take this one to the ground because he's losing the standup battle so far.
Stone misses with a hook
and Li counters with a thumping low kick.
Jab, jab by Stone - just one landing.
Li slips under a jab.
Li checks a leg kick.
Li tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Stone was well out of range. Poor timing from Li.
Li tests Stone's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Li throws a body punch but Stone moves out of range.
Stone looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Stone checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Stone takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Stone closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Li tries to work over Stone's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Li blocks a body shot from Stone.
Li doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Li misses with some punches.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Stone's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Li misses with a low kick.
Stone avoids the head kick by Li.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Stone! But no joy.
Li throws a body punch but Stone moves out of range.
Li fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Li misses the jab.
Li misses with a hook.
Jack Stone seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Stone moves out of range of the leg kick from Li.
Stone with a nice cross.
Stone fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Li on the side of the head.
Li uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Stone.
Stone just misses with a punch to the body.
Nice shot by Li.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Stone attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Li misses with a body kick.
Stone moves into range and connects with a jab.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jack Stone showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Yonglong Li'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. This is the final round!
Stone throws a hook but Li avoids it easily.
Stone lands a jab to Li's midsection.
Li looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Li missing with a left hand there. Stone was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Stone throws a big shot that misses.
Li is looking to counter punch.
Li just misses with a punch to the body.
Li fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Stone dips to his left and cracks Li with an uppercut!
An inside leg kick from Li misses.
Li swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Stone looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Li ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Stone moves away.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Li misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Stone.
Stone tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Li was well out of range. Poor timing from Stone.
Stone defending well as Li loads up on a big left hand.
Li fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Stone on the side of the head.
Li tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Stone was well out of range. Poor timing from Li.
Stone moves out of range of the body kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Li fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Stone checks it well.
Li throws a nice head kick!
Li fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Stone manages to avoid it.
Stone looks to land a body kick but Li moved away.
A jab from Stone misses.
Stone rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Li counters with an inside leg kick.
Li takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Stone looks to land a left hand but Li moved out of range nicely.
Li takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Li throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Li scores with a punch to the head.
Li scores with a jab to the body.
Stone sizes up Li with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Li lands a right hook to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Stone throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Stone takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Nice body kick from Li.
Li throws a push kick but Stone slaps the foot to one side.
Stone throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Li scores with a leg kick.
Li connects with a single shot there.
Li lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
A leg kick checked by Li.
Stone buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Li misses with a body shot.
Stone looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Stone throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Stone avoids the body shot from Li.
Li looks to land a body kick but Stone moved away.
A looping hook to the body misses from Li. Stone does a little dance to reset his feet.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Li throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
A nice side step and Stone releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Stone is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Li.
Li walks into a straight right hand from Stone.
Stone moves away from the strike by Li.
Stone has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Li.
Stone throws an off balance right hand
and Li counters with a lovely straight right hand!
A solid leg kick lands there for Stone.
Li throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Li uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Stone.
Li tried to counter with a leg kick but Stone avoided it.
Stone misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Li.
A jab from Stone does it's job there.
A looping hook to the body misses from Stone. Li does a little dance to reset his feet.
Li misses with a straight right.
Stone connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Stone's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Stone lands a leg kick that knocks Li off balance momentarily.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Li moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Li throws a big shot that misses.
Stone throws a body punch but Li moves out of range.
Nice body kick from Li.
Stone takes one on the button.
Li swats away the attempt to clinch by Stone.
Stone connects with a right hand. Li shakes it off.
Li fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Stone checks it well.
Li misses with a body shot.
Li lands with a right hand.
Stone tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Li was well out of range. Poor timing from Stone.
Stone fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Li manages to avoid it.
Li motions for Stone to come forward. Li throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
And that's the end of the fight!
Yonglong Li showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Li has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Yuuki Gou scores the fight 29:28
Judge Sosuke Kotani scores the fight 28:29
Judge Yukihiro Shimada scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by split decision... Yonglong Li!
A relieved looking Yonglong Li thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Kai Yamaguchi (ranked 49 p4p, 7 weight class) and Arzlan Bathory (ranked 69 p4p, 9 weight class). Yamaguchi comes to the cage accompanied by Yama Yama. Buckle up people - heeeeeeeeeere we go!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the lightweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
35 - 10 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Kai Yamaguchi!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
20 - 6 - 1, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Arzlan Bathory!
The judges for this bout are Yasuomi Hirokawa, Ren Mimura and Sosuke Kotani.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A nice leg kick lands there from Bathory.
Yamaguchi has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Bathory.
Bathory scores with a kick to the midsection.
Yamaguchi takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Bathory throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Yamaguchi sees it coming and avoids it easily.
A big left from Bathory misses.
Bathory is looking to score with low kicks.
Yamaguchi misses with a straight right.
Yamaguchi tries a head kick but it misses.
Bathory takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Bathory scores with a spinning back kick!
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Bathory crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Yamaguchi - the referee stops the clock and Bathory gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Yamaguchi. Bathory manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Bathory throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Arzlan Bathory seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Yamaguchi tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Bathory was well out of range. Poor timing from Yamaguchi.
Bathory looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Yamaguchi tried to score with a low kick but Bathory checks it.
Bathory looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Yamaguchi pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Bathory's corner calls for a 1-2. Bathory obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Bathory fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Yamaguchi.
Yamaguchi keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Bathory.
Yamaguchi was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Bathory avoids the body shot from Yamaguchi.
Yamaguchi lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jab by Bathory.
Nice defenses there by Bathory.
Bathory connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
A slow jab from Bathory misses its intended target.
Yamaguchi appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Bathory throws a leg kick but Yamaguchi sees it coming and moves out of range.
Yamaguchi with a jab.
A jab lands there for Bathory.
Yamaguchi motions for Bathory to come forward. Yamaguchi throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Yamaguchi misses with a body shot.
A countering left hand to the body from Bathory misses.
Yamaguchi avoids a kick to the body.
Bathory throws a hook but Yamaguchi blocks it.
Yamaguchi checks a leg kick.
Yamaguchi fires out a quick counter leg kick but Bathory just manages to avoid it.
Yamaguchi looks to land a body kick but Bathory moved away.
Bathory replies with a solid counter kick to the body but Yamaguchi blocks it well.
Bathory misses with a body kick.
Yamaguchi connects with a body shot.
Yamaguchi has been working on his boxing with his coaches at The Wild Beasts Zoo in the buildup to the fight.
A looping hook to the body misses from Bathory. Yamaguchi does a little dance to reset his feet.
A swing and a miss from Yamaguchi.
Bathory shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Bathory scores with a jab.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Yamaguchi scoring well with a low kick there.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bathory misses with an uppercut
and Yamaguchi counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Bathory tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Yamaguchi is able to avoid easily.
Yamaguchi uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Bathory.
Bathory throws a big shot that misses.
Bathory cracks a nice hook into Yamaguchi's ribs.
Yamaguchi is looking to land body kicks.
Yamaguchi buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Yamaguchi smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Bathory throws a body kick that misses
and Yamaguchi counters with a nice body kick.
Yamaguchi tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Bathory is able to avoid easily.
Bathory unleashes a big counter combination but Yamaguchi bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Yamaguchi doesn't manage to clinch there - Bathory circles away.
A jab from Bathory misses.
Bathory throws a hook but Yamaguchi blocks it.
Bathory just misses with a punch to the body.
An attempted straight right counter from Yamaguchi misses the target.
Yamaguchi uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Bathory.
Bathory tries a head kick but it misses.
Yamaguchi thinks about countering with a head kick.
Bathory looks to land a right hand but Yamaguchi moved out of range.
A swing and a miss from Yamaguchi.
Yamaguchi moves out of range of the strikes.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A big left from Bathory misses.
Bathory swings widly with a right hand
and Yamaguchi counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Yamaguchi tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Bathory paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Yamaguchi throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Bathory pivots, looking for a leg kick but Yamaguchi is out of range and Bathory settles back down.
Bathory connects with the punch.
Bathory stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Bathory fakes the leg kick and cracks Yamaguchi in the body.
Bathory doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Yamaguchi scores with a sloppy right hand. Bathory should have avoided that one.
Yamaguchi jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Bathory thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Yamaguchi if he has to take too many more of those.
Yamaguchi stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Yamaguchi throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Bathory on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Yamaguchi misses with a straight right.
Yamaguchi fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Bathory.
Bathory misses with a low kick as Yamaguchi jumps back.
A looping hook to the body misses from Yamaguchi. Bathory does a little dance to reset his feet.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bathory avoids the head kick by Yamaguchi.
Yamaguchi throws a push kick but Bathory slaps the foot to one side.
Bathory goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Yamaguchi tries to land a front kick but Bathory steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Bathory was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
Bathory lands a really nice looking cross but Yamaguchi seems unphased.
Bathory throws out a leg kick but Yamaguchi moves out of range and Bathory only half commits.
Bathory takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Yamaguchi walks forward, straight into a front kick from Bathory.
Bathory lands a leg kick that knocks Yamaguchi off balance momentarily.
A big right from Bathory misses.
Bathory swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Bathory scores with a kick to the body.
Bathory gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Bathory tried to score with a low kick but Yamaguchi checks it.
Yamaguchi was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Yamaguchi feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Bathory's calf.
Bathory steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Yamaguchi.
A good leg kick by Bathory.
Bathory avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Arzlan Bathory will probably get the nod.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
A good leg kick by Bathory.
Yamaguchi ducks right into an uppercut from Bathory.
An inside leg kick lands from Bathory.
Bathory takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Yamaguchi displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Bathory throws out the jab.
A quick step to the side and Yamaguchi tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
A swing and a miss from Bathory.
Yamaguchi slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Yamaguchi is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Yamaguchi misses with a hook. Bathory ducked under it nicely.
Yamaguchi misses with a leg kick.
Bathory with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Bathory digs a good body shot into Yamaguchi's ribs.
Bathory uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Yamaguchi.
Bathory throws out a leg kick but Yamaguchi moves out of range and Bathory only half commits.
Bathory lands a head kick. Yamaguchi smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Bathory misses with a body kick.
Bathory pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Bathory throws a body kick that misses.
Yamaguchi moves out of range of the body kick.
This entire fight has taken place on the feet so far and you wonder whether Yamaguchi might be better served trying to take this one to the ground because he's losing the standup battle so far.
Yamaguchi lands a glancing blow to the side of Bathory's head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Yamaguchi on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Yamaguchi listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Bathory lands a leg kick that knocks Yamaguchi off balance momentarily.
Bathory blocks the body kick.
Yamaguchi tries to work over Bathory's front leg with a kick but Bathory checks it.
Bathory looks to land a right hand but Yamaguchi moved out of range.
Bathory misses with a looping left.
Yamaguchi ducks under a wild hook from Bathory.
Yamaguchi displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Bathory misses with a kick to the body.
Bathory feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Yamaguchi's calf.
Yamaguchi fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Bathory is out of range.
Bathory feints and then cracks Yamaguchi's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Yamaguchi down.
Bathory lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Yamaguchi at a distance.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Yamaguchi throws a body shot but no joy.
Yamaguchi keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Bathory.
Yamaguchi will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
A telegraphed right hand from Yamaguchi misses the target.
Yamaguchi throws a lazy right hand but Bathory sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
As Yamaguchi backs off Bathory throws a huge counter combo but Yamaguchi manages to avoid it all.
Bathory throws a push kick but Yamaguchi slaps the foot to one side.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bathory tries to score with a low kick but Yamaguchi moves his leg out of the way.
Bathory throws a looping overhand right but Yamaguchi ducks down to avoid it.
A low kick from Bathory is predictable there
and Yamaguchi counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Bathory throws a low kick but Yamaguchi moves out of range easily.
Yamaguchi tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Bathory was well out of range. Poor timing from Yamaguchi.
Yamaguchi displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Bathory throws out the jab.
That kick from Bathory tenderised Yamaguchi's leg. Yamaguchi is trying to keep his angry face on.
Bathory finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Bathory uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Yamaguchi.
Yamaguchi swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Bathory lands an overhand right.
Bathory throws a head kick but Yamaguchi moves out of range.
Yamaguchi throws a low kick but Bathory moves out of range easily.
Bathory throws a body kick, spinning off balance
and Yamaguchi cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Yamaguchi avoids the body shot from Bathory.
A little feinted left hand from Yamaguchi on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Bathory throws a leg kick but Yamaguchi sees it coming and moves out of range.
Yamaguchi cracks a nice hook into Bathory's ribs.
Yamaguchi throws a looping overhand right but Bathory ducks down to avoid it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Yamaguchi throws a leg kick but Bathory sees it coming and checks it nicely.
That kick from Bathory tenderised Yamaguchi's leg. Yamaguchi is trying to keep his angry face on.
Bathory looks to land a right hand but Yamaguchi moved out of range.
Bathory moves out of range of the strikes.
Yamaguchi throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Bathory throws out a counter right but Yamaguchi avoids it with no problem.
Yamaguchi takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Arzlan Bathory seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Yamaguchi throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Bathory replies with a solid counter kick to the body but Yamaguchi blocks it well.
Yamaguchi drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Yamaguchi scores with a shot to the body.
Yamaguchi dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Bathory. That did some damage!
A lazy body kick from Bathory
and Yamaguchi counters with a straight right hand.
Yamaguchi thumps Bathory with a low kick.
Yamaguchi keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Bathory.
Yamaguchi misses with a body shot.
Bathory throws a poor cross that misses
and Bathory takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A cross from Bathory lands.
Bathory throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Yamaguchi ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bathory scores with a leg kick.
Yamaguchi takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Bathory lands a jab to Yamaguchi's midsection.
Yamaguchi takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Bathory lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Yamaguchi has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Yamaguchi and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Bathory connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Yamaguchi catches Bathory with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Bathory looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Yamaguchi throws a leg kick that misses.
Bathory misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Yamaguchi.
An inside leg kick lands from Yamaguchi.
Yamaguchi fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Bathory manages to avoid it.
Donk. Bathory catches Yamaguchi right on the button with a cross.
A low kick from Bathory is predictable there
letting Yamaguchi counter with a right hand.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Yamaguchi misses with a looping left.
Bathory scores with the left hand. Yamaguchi knows he should have avoided that one.
A big right from Bathory misses.
Bathory throws a hook but Yamaguchi blocks it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Arzlan Bathory showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Yamaguchi swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Bathory takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Bathory fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Yamaguchi.
Yamaguchi throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Yamaguchi moves away from the strike by Bathory.
Yamaguchi thuds his right hand into Bathory's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Yamaguchi throws a low kick but Bathory avoids it.
Bathory connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Bathory takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Yamaguchi looks to land a right hand but Bathory moved out of range.
Bathory is trying to counter with his kicks.
Bathory slips a jab from Yamaguchi.
Bathory throws a counter combo.
Bathory with a jab.
Bathory looks to score with a jab to the body but Yamaguchi is just out of range.
Yamaguchi jinks towards his opponent looking like he wants to counter with a mid kick but doesn't commit.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A telegraphed right hand from Bathory misses the target.
Yamaguchi walks into a jab.
Yamaguchi lands a nice looking kick to the body. Bathory takes a step back to recover.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Bathory avoids the head kick by Yamaguchi.
No joy there for Bathory, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Yamaguchi was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Yamaguchi blocks the body kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bathory throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Yamaguchi takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Yamaguchi throws a leg kick but Bathory checks it.
Bathory connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Bathory moves into range and connects with a jab.
Yamaguchi connects with a crisp jab.
Yamaguchi looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Bathory moves out of range of the strikes.
Bathory moves away from the strike by Yamaguchi.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Bathory, right into the meat.
Bathory blocks a jab.
Bathory connects with a leg kick. Yamaguchi looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Bathory on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Yamaguchi. Yamaguchi obviously looking to wear him down.
Jab, jab by Bathory - just one landing.
A solid leg kick lands there for Yamaguchi.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Bathory misses with a hook. Yamaguchi ducked under it nicely.
Bathory steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Yamaguchi. That one must have hurt.
Yamaguchi looks to score with a jab to the body but Bathory is just out of range.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A big right from Yamaguchi misses.
A swing and a miss from Bathory.
A slapping body kick lands there for Bathory.
Yamaguchi throws a body shot but no joy.
Yamaguchi keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Bathory.
Bathory connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Bathory - that will leave a mark!
Bathory fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Yamaguchi manages to avoid it.
Yamaguchi throws a hook to the side of Bathory's head but Bathory sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Yamaguchi pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Yamaguchi lands a nice leg kick that just misses Bathory's sensitive parts.
Bathory scores with the left hand. Yamaguchi knows he should have avoided that one.
Yamaguchi takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Yamaguchi is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Bathory.
Bathory attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Yamaguchi looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Bathory throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Bathory waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Yamaguchi.
Yamaguchi swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Yamaguchi misses with a hook. Bathory ducked under it nicely.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A looping hook to the body misses from Bathory. Yamaguchi does a little dance to reset his feet.
It looked like Yamaguchi wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Yamaguchi uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Bathory.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Bathory, right into the meat.
Yamaguchi throws a wild body kick that Bathory sees coming a mile off.
Bathory throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Bathory takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Yamaguchi moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Yamaguchi swings for the body but Bathory moves out of range.
Bathory tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Yamaguchi was well out of range. Poor timing from Bathory.
A little feinted left hand from Yamaguchi on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Yamaguchi scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Yamaguchi punishes Bathory's body with a nice straight punch.
Bathory takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Yamaguchi avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Bathory stuns Yamaguchi with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Yamaguchi throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Yamaguchi wants to slow Bathory down by chopping away at his legs.
Yamaguchi takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
An inside leg kick lands from Bathory.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Yamaguchi is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Yamaguchi looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Bathory lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Bathory takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Yamaguchi connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Bathory's hands.
Yamaguchi misses the shot to the body.
Bathory looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Bathory scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
A nice inside leg kick there by Bathory. That's going to slow Yamaguchi down.
Bathory fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Yamaguchi throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
A left lands for Bathory.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A good leg kick by Bathory.
Yamaguchi throws an overhand right that lands on Bathory's shoulder, as Bathory tries to avoid the shot.
Bathory bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Yamaguchi's head.
Bathory uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Yamaguchi.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Arzlan Bathory really dominated that round.
That's time! Yamaguchi's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Bathory is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Yamaguchi misses with a low kick.
Yamaguchi cracks the inside of Bathory's front leg.
Bathory takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Bathory throws a big shot that misses.
Good leg kick by Bathory there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Bathory has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Bathory there as he acknowledges the shot.
Bathory throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Yamaguchi digs a good hook to Bathory's body.
Yamaguchi ducks right into an uppercut from Bathory.
Yamaguchi scores with the left hand. Bathory knows he should have avoided that one.
A punch lands to the side of Yamaguchi 's head but he takes it in his stride.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Bathory fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Bathory fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Bathory misses with a looping left.
Bathory ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Yamaguchi moves away.
Yamaguchi throwing a counter right hand but Bathory manages to avoid it.
A bone on bone clash there as Bathory blocks the leg kick.
Bathory missing with a left hand there. Yamaguchi was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A looping hook to the body misses from Bathory. Yamaguchi does a little dance to reset his feet.
A swing and a miss from Yamaguchi.
Yamaguchi lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Yamaguchi catches Bathory with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Bathory misses with a kick to the body.
Yamaguchi loads up on a big right hand but Bathory slips the punch.
Bathory fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Yamaguchi manages to avoid it.
Yamaguchi slips under a jab from Bathory.
A counter left hand to the body from Yamaguchi misses its target.
Yamaguchi moves out of range of the strikes.
Yamaguchi is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Bathory.
Nice cross by Bathory.
Yamaguchi throws a leg kick but Bathory sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Yamaguchi throws a hook but Bathory avoids it easily.
Bathory on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Bathory with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Yamaguchi gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Bathory lands a hook to the side of the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Bathory swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Yamaguchi can't find room to land a body shot as Bathory controls the action.
Yamaguchi misses with a hook to the ribs.
Bathory stalling the fight.
Bathory throws a punch but it's blocked by Yamaguchi.
Yamaguchi presses Bathory against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Bathory tries to circle away but Yamaguchi has him pinned against the cage.
Bathory misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Yamaguchi misses with a punch to the body.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Yamaguchi.
Yamaguchi tries to throw a body punch but Bathory avoids it by throwing Yamaguchi back against the cage.
Bathory misses with a punch on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Bathory.
Bathory misses with a body punch.
Bathory tries to throw a body punch but Yamaguchi avoids it by throwing Bathory back against the cage.
Bathory is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Yamaguchi is keeping busy.
Bathory lands a shot to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Yamaguchi tries to work over Bathory's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Yamaguchi misses with a punch to the body.
Yamaguchi doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Yamaguchi blocks an uppercut.
Bathory throws a head punch that misses.
Yamaguchi lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Yamaguchi swings wildly with an uppercut but Bathory uses good head movement to avoid it.
Yamaguchi misses with a body punch.
Bathory can't find room to land a body shot as Yamaguchi controls the action.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Bathory.
Bathory blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Still in the clinch, Yamaguchi scores with a nice short uppercut.
Yamaguchi lands with a short shot to the head.
Bathory misses with a hook from the clinch.
Bathory lands a body shot in the clinch.
Yamaguchi lands with a short punch from the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bathory working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Bathory swings wildly with an uppercut but Yamaguchi uses good head movement to avoid it.
Yamaguchi tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Yamaguchi tries a body shot but Bathory blocks it.
Yamaguchi takes a shot to the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Bathory taking a breather.
Bathory misses with a body punch.
Yamaguchi misses with a hook to the ribs.
A nice left hand lands by Bathory.
Bathory pushes Yamaguchi back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Bathory stalling the fight.
Yamaguchi working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Bathory lands a shoulder strike.
Yamaguchi is trying to push Bathory away but Bathory has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Yamaguchi throws a head punch that misses.
Bathory looking to stall.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close fourth round but I would say that Kai Yamaguchi will probably get the nod.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!
Bathory lands with an uppercut that bounces Yamaguchi off the cage and back into range.
Bathory turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Yamaguchi pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Yamaguchi lands with a nice body kick.
Bathory works the jab nicely.
Bathory avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Bathory now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Bathory wants to slow Yamaguchi down by chopping away at his legs.
Bathory darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Yamaguchi slips under a jab from Bathory.
Yamaguchi throws a solid leg kick but Bathory takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Yamaguchi.
Bathory misses with the body kick
and Yamaguchi counters with a left to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Yamaguchi ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Yamaguchi slips a straight right by Bathory.
Bathory lands a head shot.
Yamaguchi takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Yamaguchi takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bathory misses with a low kick.
Bathory comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Bathory looks for the body kick but Yamaguchi saw that one coming.
A big left from Bathory misses.
And Yamaguchi counters with a quick kick to the body but Bathory blocks it.
Yamaguchi motions for Bathory to come forward. Yamaguchi throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Yamaguchi feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Bathory's calf.
Yamaguchi goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Bathory looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Yamaguchi bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Bathory is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Yamaguchi.
Yamaguchi on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Yamaguchi takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Nice uppercut lands for Bathory. That snapped Yamaguchi's head back.
Yamaguchi is looking to clinch but Bathory is avoiding it.
Yamaguchi throws a push kick but Bathory slaps the foot to one side.
Yamaguchi connects with a jab.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Donk. Yamaguchi catches Bathory right on the button with a cross.
Kai Yamaguchi has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Yamaguchi uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Bathory.
Yamaguchi avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Bathory walks into a jab.
Yamaguchi misses with a hook.
Nice body punch from Bathory.
Bathory shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Bathory misses with a hook.
Bathory cracks Yamaguchi with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Yamaguchi feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Bathory's calf.
Bathory misses with a low kick.
Bathory checks a low kick from Yamaguchi.
Bathory jabs Yamaguchi to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Yamaguchi thows a left - swing and a miss!
Bathory pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Yamaguchi tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Bathory manages to circle out of the way.
Yamaguchi moves out of range of the strikes.
Yamaguchi misses with a leg kick
and Bathory counters with an outside leg kick.
Yamaguchi throws a body punch but Bathory moves out of range.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Yamaguchi on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Yamaguchi lands with a nice body punch.
Yamaguchi throws a head kick that misses.
The fighters circle momentarily. Bathory darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Bathory scores with a shot to the body.
Yamaguchi has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Bathory.
Good leg kick by Bathory there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
A punch lands to the side of Yamaguchi 's head but he takes it in his stride.
A punch lands to the side of Yamaguchi 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Bathory scores with a kick to the body.
A jab from Bathory misses.
Bathory throws a leg kick but Yamaguchi moved away.
Yamaguchi chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Bathory can pounce on him.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Bathory.
Yamaguchi connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Bathory momentarily.
Bathory attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bathory ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Yamaguchi moves away.
Bathory slips under a jab.
Yamaguchi takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Bathory moves into range and connects with a jab.
Bathory throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Bathory jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Bathory keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Yamaguchi.
Nice uppercut there from Bathory.
Bathory throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Yamaguchi throws a half hearted mid kick.
Bathory throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Yamaguchi lands a jab to the nose.
Yamaguchi misses with a leg kick.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Yamaguchi uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Bathory.
Bathory lands a jab.
Arzlan Bathory is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Bathory takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Bathory bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
And that's the end of the fight!
Arzlan Bathory comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Bathory has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Yasuomi Hirokawa scores the fight 46:49
Judge Ren Mimura scores the fight 46:50
Judge Sosuke Kotani scores the fight 45:50
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Arzlan Bathory!
Arzlan Bathory is the new lightweight champion!
A relieved looking Arzlan Bathory thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.
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