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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Jaxon Bremner (ranked 2903 p4p, 3890 weight class) and Takumi Sagaki (ranked 301 p4p, 357 weight class). Sagaki comes into a darkened arena with his song building. One Piece - AMV - We Are! (Full Song) kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Buckle up people - heeeeeeeeeere we go!
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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 9 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Jaxon Bremner!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 26 - 16 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Takumi Sagaki!
The judges for this bout are Ben Watson, Ben Hemmingworth and Steve Erwin.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bremner throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Bremner moves out of the way of the counter high kick fromSagaki.
Bremner 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.
Bremner takes a swing at Sagaki's ribcage but misses.
Sagaki drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Bremner defends it well.
Bremner throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Bremner lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Sagaki walks into a jab.
Bremner misses with a hook. Sagaki ducked under it nicely.
Sagaki drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Bremner defends it well.
Bremner digs a good hook to Sagaki's body.
Bremner missing with a left hand there. Sagaki was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Sagaki drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Bremner defends it well.
Bremner closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Sagaki quickly recovers to half guard.
Sagaki throws a strike from the bottom that misses.
Sagaki is looking for a sweep. Bremner is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Bremner seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Bremner is thwarting Sagaki's attempts to control the position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sagaki looking for submissions off his back.
Bremner looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Sagaki with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Sagaki is refusing to be controlled, as Bremner sits in half guard.
Sagaki is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Bremner's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Bremner's back!
Sagaki is working the ground and pound. Can Bremner escape?
Sagaki missing with strikes from the back.
Sagaki looking to finish the fight with a rear naked choke. Bremner is controlling Sagaki 's left arm and he spins nicely into guard.
Bremner sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Bremner looking to pass the guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sagaki being controlled here, momentarily.
Sagaki striking from the bottom here.
Bremner trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Sagaki looking for a sweep. Not yet Sagaki, not yet.
Both fighters have adopted an aggressive gameplan on the ground!
Bremner avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Bremner trying to control but Sagaki is working from the bottom.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Sagaki is on top in guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Sagaki scoring with punches to the head and body.
Bremner is adopting a defensive guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sagaki preventing the sweep.
Sagaki throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Bremner not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Sagaki accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Bremner pulls Sagaki in close to prevent any damage.
Bremner wants to sweep but no luck.
Sagaki wants to control from the top but Bremner keeps moving.
Bremner wants to sweep here but Sagaki controlling him for the moment.
Bremner has his foot on Sagaki's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Sagaki works his way back into a safe position though.
Bremner tries to land a sweep but no joy.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Sagaki connects with a couple of short punches.
Sagaki working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Sagaki content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Sagaki trying to control the position from guard on top but Bremner is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Bremner not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Sagaki scoring with punches to the head and body.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Sagaki postures up.
Sagaki in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Sagaki's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Bremner has momentary wrist control but Sagaki slips an elbow through the middle.
Bremner is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Sagaki wants to control but Bremner is keeping busy.
Bremner performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Jaxon Bremner will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Bremner misses the jab.
Bremner throws a jab but it's blocked by Sagaki.
A big right from Bremner misses.
Sagaki feints the counter takedown.
Sagaki uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Bremner.
Sagaki moves out of range as Bremner strikes.
Sagaki tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
Bremner misses with a hook
and Sagaki counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Bremner misses with a right hand
and Sagaki counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Sagaki.
Sagaki with a nice head shot there.
Bremner is pulling down on Sagaki's head to control his posture.
Sagaki is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sagaki is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Sagaki stopping the sweep attempt from Bremner.
Sagaki keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Bremner's head.
Bremner not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sagaki lands a couple of elbows.
Sagaki is in close to Bremner's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Sagaki being controlled here momentarily.
Sagaki is working Bremner over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Bremner utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Bremner bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Sagaki's guard.
Sagaki trying to control the position.
Bremner slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Sagaki working a defensive guard here.
Bremner is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Sagaki tries to land a sweep but no joy.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bremner is pushing down on Sagaki's leg trying to pass to half guard. Sagaki is fighting to maintain full guard but Bremner has managed to sneak the leg through.
Sagaki is looking to improve his position.
Bremner is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Sagaki has managed to free his arm - good work.
Sagaki is looking to improve his position.
Bremner stalling.
Sagaki actively working from the bottom here.
Bremner trying to pass the guard but Sagaki defending well.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bremner seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
Sagaki gets back to full guard.
Bremner trying to control but Sagaki is working from the bottom.
Bremner stays in close to Sagaki's body and controls the position.
Sagaki looking to hit a scissor sweep but Bremner is one step ahead there.
Bremner working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Sagaki's head.
Takumi Sagaki has got the better of the ground game so far.
Sagaki has an active guard here but Bremner has managed to pass into half guard.
Sagaki wants to get back to full guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sagaki trying to control but Bremner postures up.
Sagaki is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Bremner's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Bremner's back!
Sagaki is working the ground and pound here and the referee is taking a close look at Bremner. He must escape soon or this one will be stopped.
Sagaki is hanging on to Bremner's back as he tries to escape.
Bremner trying to control the hands but Sagaki breaks the grip.
Sagaki loading up with punches from the back mount - how long can Bremner hold on?
Bremner prevents Sagaki from getting a body triangle.
You can see the frustration on Bremner's face… He knows he is in trouble unless he improves his position sooner rather than later.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Bremner trying to control the hands but Sagaki won't let him.
Bremner breaks Sagaki's hooks off and manages to turn into his guard.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Takumi Sagaki showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!
No luck with that takedown attempt from Sagaki.
Bremner dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Bremner ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Sagaki moves away.
Sagaki tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
Horrible takedown attempt by Sagaki or perhaps it was just good defense by Bremner, which made it look bad.
Bremner misses the shot to the body.
Nice defenses there by Sagaki.
Sagaki appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bremner listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Sagaki on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Bremner misses with an uppercut.
Sagaki slips under a jab.
Sagaki tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
Bremner misses with a right hand
and Sagaki counters with a nice double leg into side control. Bremner won't be happy with that.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sagaki lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Bremner down.
Bremner is looking to reverse the position.
Sagaki in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
Bremner tries to bench press Sagaki off him but Sagaki keeps the position.
Bremner holds on tight, trying to prevent any damage.
Sagaki lands a few punches from side control.
Sagaki throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
Bremner manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.
Bremner has hold of Sagaki's hands but Sagaki slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Sagaki is working for a submission of some sort.
Sagaki throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bremner has his hands clasped together around Sagaki's back. He's all about the action.
Bremner is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Sagaki has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Sagaki slips a nice elbow through Bremner's hands, connecting with Bremner's forehead.
Bremner is trying is best to control the position here.
Sagaki looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Bremner avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Sagaki.
Bremner wants to get back to full guard.
Bremner moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Sagaki preventing the sweep.
Sagaki throws a big right hand that misses.
Sagaki wants to control from the top but Bremner keeps moving.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bremner has his hands on Sagaki's head, controlling the position.
Sagaki throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Bremner working a defensive guard here.
Sagaki throws a big right hand that misses.
Bremner utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Sagaki throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Bremner is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Bremner is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Sagaki is aware though and is defending well.
Bremner working a defensive guard here.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Bremner holds on and takes a little breather.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Bremner misses with a hook. Sagaki ducked under it nicely.
Sagaki tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
Bremner looks to land a right hand but Sagaki moved out of range.
Sagaki doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Sagaki takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Sagaki displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Bremner throws out the jab.
Sagaki drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Bremner defends it well.
Bremner leaves Sagaki with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Jaxon Bremner has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Takumi Sagaki.
Bremner thows a left - swing and a miss!
Sagaki tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
The fighters circling - Bremner throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Sagaki tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
Bremner thows a leg kick but Sagaki checks it
and Sagaki decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Bremner's guard.
Sagaki trying to move into half guard but instead Bremner has managed to sweep!
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Sagaki is on top in guard.
Sagaki is fighting to break Bremner's control of his arms but Bremner is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Takumi Sagaki.
I think Sagaki 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 Ben Watson scores the fight 28:29
Judge Ben Hemmingworth scores the fight 28:29
Judge Steve Erwin scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Takumi Sagaki!
Takumi Sagaki took to the microphone after his victory and thanked his sponsors, Neon Zombie for their support in the buildup to the fight.
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