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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Baba Yaga (ranked 3654 p4p, 2147 weight class) and Ikuma Arishima (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Granite chin |
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Excellent MT
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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 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Baba Yaga!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Ikuma Arishima!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Jack Bonds and Frank Antenori.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Arishima throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Yaga.
Arishima uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Yaga.
Yaga throws an overhand right that lands on Arishima's shoulder, as Arishima tries to avoid the shot.
Baba Yaga seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Arishima will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Yaga throws an overhand right that lands on Arishima's shoulder, as Arishima tries to avoid the shot.
Arishima shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Yaga definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Arishima uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Yaga.
Yaga throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Arishima on the side of the head.
Yaga attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Yaga takes a swing at Arishima's ribcage but misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A telegraphed right hand from Yaga misses the target.
Arishima throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Yaga tries to bum rush Arishima with a series of wild strikes but Arishima uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Arishima unleashes a big counter combination but Yaga bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Yaga lands with a shot to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Yaga bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Arishima's head.
Nice defenses there by Arishima.
Some wild striking there from Yaga.
Arishima throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Yaga is looking to counter punch.
Yaga lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Yaga connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
An inside leg kick from Arishima misses.
Yaga loads up on a big right hand but Arishima slips the punch.
Arishima is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Arishima ducks under a wild hook from Yaga.
Yaga misses with a wild body shot.
Yaga just misses with a punch to the body.
Arishima throws a counter combo.
Good standup being displayed there by Yaga as he connects with a hook.
Yaga waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Arishima.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Arishima slips under a jab from Yaga.
Yaga lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Arishima looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Yaga throws the left hand but Arishima avoids the punch easily.
Yaga throws a lazy right hand but Arishima sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Yaga cracks Arishima with a right hand to the side of the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Yaga jabs Arishima to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Yaga misses with a hook.
Arishima is looking for the big counter here.
A jab from Yaga misses.
Arishima defending well as Yaga loads up on a big left hand.
Arishima unleashes a big counter combination but Yaga bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Nice defenses there by Arishima.
As Yaga backs off Arishima throws a huge counter combo but Yaga manages to avoid it all.
Arishima steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Yaga.
Arishima throws a leg kick that misses.
Yaga throws a series of punches but Arishima avoids them all with ease.
Arishima throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Yaga appears to be looking for a big counter.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
An inside leg kick lands from Arishima.
Arishima looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Yaga is looking to counter punch.
Arishima ducks under a wild hook from Yaga.
Arishima is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Yaga throws a hook to the side of Arishima's head but Arishima sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Arishima shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Arishima throws a series of punches but Yaga moves out of range.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Yaga checks a leg kick.
Yaga scores with a hook to the body. Arishima takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Yaga ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Arishima moves away.
Yaga fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Arishima misses with a low kick.
A little feinted left hand from Yaga on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Yaga scores with a hook.
Arishima throws a series of strikes that have Yaga backpedaling.
Arishima lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
That's four 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!
Arishima walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Yaga checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Yaga ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Arishima moves away.
Arishima rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Yaga moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Yaga scores with a jab to the body.
Yaga avoids a punch combination nicely.
Yaga dips to his left and cracks Arishima with an uppercut!
Arishima takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Arishima avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Arishima misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Yaga tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Arishima was well out of range. Poor timing from Yaga.
Arishima steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Yaga.
Yaga throws out a loose jab but Arishima uses good head movement to avoid it.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Baba Yaga dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Yaga rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Arishima counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Yaga lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Yaga tries to land a leg kick but Arishima saw it coming and moves away.
Yaga misses with a double jab.
Yaga scores with a punch to the head.
No joy there for Arishima, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Arishima checks a leg kick.
Yaga fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Arishima is out of range.
Arishima lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Arishima throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Yaga misses with an uppercut
and Arishima counters with a two punch combo.
No joy there for Yaga, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Arishima misses with a double jab.
Ikuma Arishima is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Arishima slips under a jab from Yaga.
Arishima displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Yaga throws out the jab.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Yaga looks to land a left hand but Arishima moved out of range nicely.
Yaga jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Yaga misses with a looping left.
Arishima throws a right and a left that Yaga avoids nicely.
The fighters circling - Yaga throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
A looping hook to the body misses from Yaga. Arishima does a little dance to reset his feet.
Baba Yaga is winning the standup battle so far.
Arishima on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Arishima throws a chopping leg kick but Yaga manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Yaga lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Yaga throws a right and a left that both miss.
Arishima takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Yaga looks to throw the jab but Arishima is out of range.
Arishima will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
A big right from Yaga misses.
Arishima tries a quick counter leg kick but Yaga is wise to it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Arishima checks the leg kick nicely there.
Arishima will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Yaga checks a low kick from Arishima.
Yaga misses with a jab, cross combination.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Arishima on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Yaga scores with a hook to the body. Arishima takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Arishima walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Yaga misses the shot to the body.
A jab from Yaga misses.
Nice jab there from Yaga.
Arishima misses with a low kick.
Arishima falls off balance throwing a combination
and Yaga counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Yaga throws a body punch but Arishima moves out of range.
Arishima throws a counter combo.
A swing and a miss from Yaga.
Yaga lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Arishima throws a low kick but Yaga avoids it.
No joy there for Yaga, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Arishima throws an overhand right that lands on Yaga's shoulder, as Yaga tries to avoid the shot.
Yaga throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Yaga throws a looping overhand right but Arishima ducks down to avoid it.
Arishima scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
A big left from Yaga misses.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with each other but Arishima might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Yaga has got the better of the exchanges.
Arishima uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Yaga.
Yaga misses with an uppercut
and Arishima cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Yaga is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Arishima.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Arishima misses with a kick to the body.
Arishima throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Yaga.
Arishima takes one to the side of the head.
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!
Yaga throws a lazy right hand but Arishima sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Yaga misses the shot to the body.
Yaga scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Arishima keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Yaga.
Arishima throws a low kick, looking for Yaga's leg but Yaga calmly moves out of range.
Yaga throwing a counter right hand but Arishima manages to avoid it.
Yaga thows a left - swing and a miss!
Yaga throws a quick inside leg kick.
Yaga misses the shot to the body.
As Yaga backs off Arishima throws a huge counter combo but Yaga manages to avoid it all.
Yaga looks to land a left hand but Arishima moved out of range nicely.
Arishima tries to land a leg kick but Yaga saw it coming and moves away.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Baba Yaga dominated that second round.
That's time! Yaga's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!
Arishima takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
A left lands for Yaga.
Arishima throws a leg kick but Yaga moved away.
Yaga lands a head shot.
Yaga throws a nice inside leg kick.
Yaga throws a right hand that Arishima ducks under and follows up with a left that Arishima also avoids with ease.
Arishima throws a combination. Yaga tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Yaga throws an overhand right that lands on Arishima's shoulder, as Arishima tries to avoid the shot.
Arishima takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Arishima misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Arishima staying out of range there.
Arishima uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Yaga.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Yaga jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Yaga misses with a hook.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Arishima throws a low kick but it's checked well by Yaga.
Yaga attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Yaga throws an off balance right hand
and Arishima counters with a three punch combo that has Yaga backing up. Yaga nods at Arishima to acknowledge the strikes.
Yaga will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Yaga throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Arishima sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Arishima has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Yaga throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Arishima steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Yaga.
A good leg kick by Yaga.
Arishima misses with a series of wild punches.
Arishima keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
An inside leg kick from Arishima misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Yaga is looking to score with low kicks.
Sloppy strikes from Yaga. Those never looked like landing.
Yaga thows a left - swing and a miss!
That kick from Yaga tenderised Arishima's leg. Arishima is trying to keep his angry face on.
Yaga is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Arishima can do to turn this around?
Arishima moves out of range as Yaga strikes.
Arishima avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Arishima walks into a straight right hand from Yaga.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Arishima lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Arishima.
Yaga blocks a low kick nicely.
Yaga throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Yaga listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Yaga swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Yaga dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Yaga misses with a hook. Arishima ducked under it nicely.
Arishima on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Arishima misses with the combination.
Yaga throws a lazy right hand but Arishima sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Ikuma Arishima has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Arishima throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Arishima takes one to the side of the head.
Arishima misses with a double jab
and Yaga counters with a straight right hand.
A nice inside leg kick there by Yaga. That's going to slow Arishima down.
Yaga misses with an uppercut.
Arishima moves forwards but Yaga connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Yaga lands with a good body shot.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A jab from Yaga misses.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Arishima uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Yaga.
A telegraphed right hand from Yaga misses the target.
Arishima throws a leg kick that misses.
Yaga fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Arishima on the side of the head.
Arishima takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Yaga looks to land a right hand but Arishima moved out of range.
Despite the aggression on Arishima's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Yaga scores with a leg kick.
Yaga lands with a cross.
Yaga loads up on a big right hand but Arishima slips the punch.
Arishima was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
Yaga takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Yaga takes a swing at Arishima's ribcage but misses.
Yaga works the jab nicely.
And that's the end of the fight!
Baba Yaga showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Yaga has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 30:27
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 30:27
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Baba Yaga!
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energy
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hype
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RATING
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