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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Ciro Tavernelli (ranked 873 p4p, 1722 weight class) and Keanu Allen (ranked 121 p4p, 214 weight class). Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!
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Good wrestling
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 1 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Ciro Tavernelli!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Keanu Allen!
The judges for this bout are Tatsuya Matsuyama, Yasuomi Hirokawa and Yukihiro Shimada.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Allen connects with the punch.
Allen feints and then cracks Tavernelli's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Tavernelli down.
Tavernelli 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.
Allen ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Tavernelli moves away.
Tavernelli throws a big shot that misses.
Keanu Allen seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Tavernelli is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Allen.
Tavernelli uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Allen has time to react.
Allen on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Allen avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Allen with the inside leg kick.
Tavernelli looks to land a combination. Allen sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Allen uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Tavernelli.
The fighters circle momentarily. Allen darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Allen bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
A big left from Allen misses.
Tavernelli drops down looking for a counter takedown but Allen sprawls and moves away.
Tavernelli throws an overhand right that lands on Allen's shoulder, as Allen tries to avoid the shot.
Allen ducks under a wild hook from Tavernelli.
Allen feints and then cracks Tavernelli's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Tavernelli down.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Allen drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Tavernelli thows a left - swing and a miss!
Allen misses with a wild body shot.
Tavernelli throws a hook but Allen blocks it.
Allen looks to land a body kick but Tavernelli moved away.
Allen dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Tavernelli throws a hook to the side of Allen's head but Allen sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Allen dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Tavernelli misses with a looping left.
Tavernelli misses with a looping right.
Allen has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Tavernelli finds it's way round the side to connect with Allen's head.
Tavernelli throws a poor cross that misses
and Allen cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Tavernelli lands with a hook. Allen tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Tavernelli is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Tavernelli misses with a wild body shot.
Allen appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Allen throws a right hand that misses
enabling Tavernelli to counter with a crisp jab.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Good standup being displayed there by Allen as he connects with a hook.
Allen moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Tavernelli missing with a left hand there. Allen was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Allen ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Tavernelli misses with a straight right.
Allen looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Tavernelli keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Allen.
Tavernelli ducks under a wild hook from Allen.
Donk. Allen catches Tavernelli right on the button with a cross.
A thudding body kick lands there by Allen!
Allen throws a nice outside leg kick.
Tavernelli shoots in and drives through. Allen sprawls well.
Allen throws a low kick, looking for Tavernelli's leg but Tavernelli calmly moves out of range.
Allen misses with an uppercut. Tavernelli saw that one coming.
Allen swings for the body but Tavernelli moves out of range.
Tavernelli throws a hook but Allen blocks it.
Keanu Allen is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tavernelli takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Tavernelli misses with a left hand
letting Allen counter with a right hand.
Allen swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Tavernelli keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Allen scores with a leg kick.
A cross from Allen lands.
Tavernelli showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Allen.
A chopping leg kick lands by Allen.
Allen slips under a jab from Tavernelli.
Allen moves out of range as Tavernelli strikes.
A good leg kick by Allen.
Tavernelli throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Allen clobbers Tavernelli with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Allen lands a jab to the head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Nice body kick there by Allen.
Allen misses with a body shot.
Nice straight punches there by Allen. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Allen.
Tavernelli misses with a lunging right hand
and Allen makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Tavernelli throws a right hand that misses
and Allen counters with a good low kick that Tavernelli was not able to check.
Good leg kick by Allen.
Allen moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Tavernelli takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Tavernelli checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Tavernelli fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Allen misses with a wild body shot.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Tavernelli misses with a hook.
Tavernelli scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Tavernelli postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
Tavernelli fails to land a wild elbow strike.
Tavernelli has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Allen manages to get back to half guard.
Tavernelli wants to pass to mount but Allen is defending the position.
Tavernelli throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Tavernelli is actively looking for submissions here but good counter grappling here from Allen as he works his way to full guard.
Allen preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Allen keeping full guard, as Tavernelli tries to pass.
Allen keeping moving, preventing Tavernelli from controlling successfully.
Allen looking to control.
Tavernelli lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Allen keeping moving, preventing Tavernelli from controlling successfully.
Allen has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
Allen working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Tavernelli.
The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Allen looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Allen thows a left - swing and a miss!
An attempted straight right counter from Tavernelli misses the target.
Tavernelli lands a body shot.
Tavernelli connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Tavernelli takes one to the side of the head.
Allen tries to move into range but Tavernelli moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Tavernelli misses with an uppercut. Allen saw that one coming.
Allen misses with an uppercut.
Tavernelli throws an overhand right that lands on Allen's shoulder, as Allen tries to avoid the shot.
Allen on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Tavernelli has his takedown stuffed
and Tavernelli takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Keanu Allen is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Ciro Tavernelli. That's going to take a lot out of him.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Tavernelli stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Allen.
Tavernelli is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Allen blocks a jab.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Tavernelli looks to land a left hand but Allen moved out of range nicely.
Tavernelli shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Allen pinned against the ropes. Allen gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Allen lands a body shot.
Tavernelli slips under a jab from Allen.
A low kick lands for Allen.
Tavernelli lands the left hand.
Tavernelli dives in and grabs Allen's left leg, looking for a takedown. Allen pushes down on Tavernelli's head and hops out.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
A jab from Tavernelli misses.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Tavernelli.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Allen! But no joy.
Allen just misses with a punch to the body.
Allen looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Allen connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Allen stuns Tavernelli with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Ciro Tavernelli has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Tavernelli on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Allen scores with a spinning back kick!
Allen looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Allen throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Tavernelli throws a right hand that misses
and Allen counters with a low kick, right behind Tavernelli 's knee.
Allen is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
The fighters circle momentarily. Allen darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
And that's the end of the fight!
Keanu Allen comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Allen 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 1 round of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Tatsuya Matsuyama scores the fight for Keanu Allen!
Judge Yasuomi Hirokawa scores the fight for Keanu Allen!
Judge Yukihiro Shimada scores the fight for Keanu Allen!
Keanu Allen wins by unanimous decision!
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energy
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FIGHT
RATING
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