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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Shinji Tomoguchi (ranked 2122 p4p, 2138 weight class) and Alkiviadis Samaras (ranked 200 p4p, 201 weight class). Samaras has chosen Memento Mori - Lamb of God as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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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 25 - 21 - 0, fighting out of London, Shinji Tomoguchi!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 6 - 0, fighting out of London, Alkiviadis Samaras!
The judges for this bout are Konstantin Menshow, Sergei Dronov and Igor Prikhodko.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tomoguchi slips under a jab from Samaras.
Samaras uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Tomoguchi.
Tomoguchi misses with a hook. Samaras ducked under it nicely.
Tomoguchi fails in his attempt to clinch.
Tomoguchi misses with a wild body shot.
Samaras throws a leg kick but Tomoguchi moved away.
Tomoguchi slips under a jab from Samaras.
Tomoguchi wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
Tomoguchi 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.
Samaras moves forwards but Tomoguchi connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Tomoguchi jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Samaras moves away from the strike by Tomoguchi.
Good standup being displayed there by Tomoguchi as he connects with a hook.
Tomoguchi slips a straight right by Samaras.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Tomoguchi misses with an uppercut.
Samaras displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Tomoguchi throws out the jab.
Tomoguchi throws a hook to the side of Samaras's head but Samaras sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Samaras throws a leg kick but Tomoguchi sees it coming and checks it nicely.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Samaras lands a jab to Tomoguchi's midsection.
A combination from Tomoguchi does no damage.
A little jabbing left from Samaras on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Tomoguchi misses the shot to the body.
Tomoguchi throws a jab but it's blocked by Samaras.
Tomoguchi misses with a hook
and Samaras counters with an inside leg kick.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Samaras avoids the body shot from Tomoguchi.
Samaras displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Tomoguchi throws out the jab.
Tomoguchi with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Samaras to score with a decent uppercut.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Samaras gets tackled into the cage by Tomoguchi. Tomoguchi maintains the clinch.
Tomoguchi tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Samaras just stands there and leans against the cage.
Tomoguchi stalling in the clinch but Samaras improves position.
Tomoguchi tries to stall but Samaras uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Tomoguchi makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Samaras.
Samaras scores with a shot to the side of Tomoguchi's head.
Tomoguchi taking a breather.
Tomoguchi pulls guard.
Samaras is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Samaras tries to free his leg and advance position but Tomoguchi is retaining full guard.
Samaras content to stall in guard here.
Samaras looking to pass the guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tomoguchi is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Tomoguchi can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Samaras controls the pace.
Tomoguchi is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Samaras defends well.
Samaras slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Samaras lands with a slapping head kick.
Tomoguchi scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Samaras doesn't seem bothered though.
Samaras avoids the body shot from Tomoguchi.
Samaras ducks under a wild hook from Tomoguchi.
Samaras tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Tomoguchi is able to avoid easily.
Samaras takes a swing at Tomoguchi's ribcage but misses.
Samaras scores with a decent looking hook.
Tomoguchi looks to land a right hand but Samaras moved out of range.
Tomoguchi swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Tomoguchi moves forwards but Samaras connects with a nice, crisp jab.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Tomoguchi scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Samaras doesn't seem bothered though.
Tomoguchi pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Tomoguchi lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Tomoguchi scores with a shot to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Samaras lands a leg kick that knocks Tomoguchi off balance momentarily.
Tomoguchi drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Tomoguchi misses the shot to the body.
Samaras throws a looping overhand right but Tomoguchi ducks down to avoid it.
Tomoguchi throws a body punch but Samaras moves out of range.
Samaras throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tomoguchi misses with a series of wild punches.
Samaras throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Tomoguchi misses with a jab, cross combination.
Samaras lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Tomoguchi throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Nice body kick there by Samaras.
Samaras ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Samaras buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Tomoguchi walks into a left hand.
Tomoguchi takes one on the button.
A clash of legs there as Tomoguchi blocks the low kick.
Tomoguchi is looking to counter punch.
Tomoguchi lands an overhand right.
Samaras delivers a nice body kick.
Samaras misses with a wild body shot.
Tomoguchi lands a nice hook to Samaras's body. Samaras takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Samaras tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Tomoguchi was well out of range. Poor timing from Samaras.
Samaras loads up on a big right hand but Tomoguchi slips the punch.
Tomoguchi is looking for a counter combo.
Tomoguchi avoids the body shot from Samaras.
Samaras throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Samaras moves out of range of the strikes.
Samaras buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Alkiviadis Samaras will probably get the nod.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare each other down, ready to get back to the action.
Tomoguchi tries to close the distance and clinch but Samaras swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Samaras avoids the body shot from Tomoguchi.
Tomoguchi avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Tomoguchi jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Samaras looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Tomoguchi throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Samaras was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
Tomoguchi blocks a jab.
Tomoguchi takes one to the side of the head.
Samaras looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Tomoguchi takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
A looping hook to the body misses from Samaras. Tomoguchi does a little dance to reset his feet.
Tomoguchi is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from Samaras.
Samaras throws a head kick that half lands.
Tomoguchi scores with a shot to the body.
Samaras has been working his punching technique in the buildup to the fight and it appears to be paying off.
Samaras darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Tomoguchi misses with a wild body shot.
Samaras misses with a hook.
Tomoguchi fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Samaras manages to avoid it.
Tomoguchi loads up on a big right hand but Samaras slips the punch.
Tomoguchi takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Tomoguchi moves into range and connects with a jab.
Tomoguchi moves out of range as Samaras strikes.
Tomoguchi was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Samaras throws a big shot that misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tomoguchi blocks the body kick.
Nice shot lands for Tomoguchi.
Good work by Tomoguchi as he checks the leg kick.
Tomoguchi swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Tomoguchi ducks right into an uppercut from Samaras.
Tomoguchi uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Samaras.
Tomoguchi avoids the body shot from Samaras.
Tomoguchi appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
A nice leg kick lands there from Samaras.
Alkiviadis Samaras seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Samaras avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Shinji Tomoguchi seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Samaras throws out a loose jab but Tomoguchi uses good head movement to avoid it.
Tomoguchi throws a series of punches but Samaras moves out of range.
Tomoguchi takes a shot to the body in his stride.
A jab from Tomoguchi finds it's way through Samaras's defenses.
Tomoguchi takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Samaras misses with a body kick.
Samaras clinches.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Samaras throws a head punch that misses.
Tomoguchi misses with a punch on the inside.
Samaras makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Tomoguchi is trying to pull guard but Samaras turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Samaras working aggressively here.
Tomoguchi is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Samaras is keeping busy.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Samaras breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Samaras takes one to the side of the head.
Tomoguchi connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Samaras's hands.
Tomoguchi throws the left hand but Samaras avoids the punch easily.
Tomoguchi on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Samaras swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Tomoguchi.
Samaras on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Samaras missing with a left hand there. Tomoguchi was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Samaras throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Tomoguchi sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Samaras slips a straight right by Tomoguchi.
Tomoguchi fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Samaras manages to avoid it.
Tomoguchi blocks a low kick nicely.
Tomoguchi throws a shot from downtown. Samaras moves away and avoids it.
Tomoguchi walks into a left hand.
Tomoguchi swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Despite the aggression on Samaras's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Samaras throws a jab when Tomoguchi was well out of range.
Tomoguchi fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Samaras manages to avoid it.
Nice shot by Samaras.
Samaras uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Tomoguchi.
Samaras slips a jab from Tomoguchi.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Samaras with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Samaras slips under a jab.
Samaras clobbers Tomoguchi with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Samaras slips under a jab from Tomoguchi.
Samaras scores with a push kick.
Samaras throws a shot to the body.
Samaras has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Samaras takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Tomoguchi is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Samaras misses with a wild body shot.
Samaras misses with a straight right.
Tomoguchi takes one to the chin there.
Samaras lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Samaras throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Tomoguchi sees it coming and avoids it easily.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Tomoguchi uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Samaras.
Tomoguchi swings for the body but Samaras moves out of range.
Tomoguchi checks the leg kick nicely there.
Samaras shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Samaras blocks a jab.
Samaras with a jab.
Tomoguchi scores with a hook to the body. Samaras takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Samaras looks to throw the jab but Tomoguchi is out of range.
Samaras scores with a nice right hand.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tomoguchi scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Tomoguchi looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Tomoguchi is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Samaras lands a head shot.
Tomoguchi digs a good body shot into Samaras's ribs.
Samaras throws a nice looking combination but Tomoguchi bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
A looping hook to the body misses from Tomoguchi. Samaras does a little dance to reset his feet.
Samaras comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Tomoguchi misses with a hook.
Tomoguchi bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Samaras misses with a looping left.
Tomoguchi is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Tomoguchi steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Samaras.
Samaras's corner calls for a 1-2. Samaras obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Tomoguchi misses with a looping right.
Samaras scores with a jab to the body.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
A jab from Tomoguchi does it's job there.
Tomoguchi dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Samaras clinches up against the cage.
Tomoguchi scores with a shoulder strike.
Tomoguchi swings wildly with an uppercut but Samaras uses good head movement to avoid it.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Tomoguchi.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Alkiviadis Samaras showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!
Samaras paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Tomoguchi darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Samaras lands with a kick to the temple. Tomoguchi shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Tomoguchi on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Tomoguchi throws a big shot that misses.
Samaras keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Tomoguchi.
Samaras throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Tomoguchi checks the leg kick.
Samaras scores with a jab to the head.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Samaras 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 Tomoguchi has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Tomoguchi and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Tomoguchi comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Tomoguchi looks to score with a jab to the body but Samaras is just out of range.
Samaras throws a jab when Tomoguchi was well out of range.
Samaras smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
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!
Samaras digs a good hook to Tomoguchi's body.
Samaras dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Tomoguchi. That did some damage!
Tomoguchi misses with a right hand
and Samaras counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Tomoguchi throws out a powerful jab.
Tomoguchi tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Samaras was well out of range. Poor timing from Tomoguchi.
Samaras fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Tomoguchi manages to avoid it.
A jab from Samaras does it's job there.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Some bone on bone action there as Tomoguchi checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Samaras scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Samaras is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Tomoguchi.
Samaras ducks under a wild hook from Tomoguchi.
Tomoguchi ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Samaras moves away.
Samaras appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Samaras jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Samaras moves out of range as Tomoguchi strikes.
Samaras cracks a nice hook into Tomoguchi's ribs.
Samaras misses with a jab, cross combination.
A looping hook to the body misses from Samaras. Tomoguchi does a little dance to reset his feet.
Tomoguchi walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Tomoguchi misses with a wild body shot.
Tomoguchi lands a jab-cross combination.
A clash of legs there as Tomoguchi blocks the low kick.
Tomoguchi tries to clinch but Samaras is having none of it.
Tomoguchi throws a right and a left that both miss.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Samaras changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Tomoguchi scores with a nice head shot.
Tomoguchi takes one to the chin there.
Tomoguchi looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Samaras now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Samaras lands a leg kick that knocks Tomoguchi off balance momentarily.
Tomoguchi looks to land a combination but Samaras avoids it well.
Tomoguchi uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Samaras.
A looping hook to the body misses from Samaras. Tomoguchi does a little dance to reset his feet.
Samaras scores with a jab. Tomoguchi acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Samaras throws a low kick but it's checked well by Tomoguchi.
Samaras misses with a series of wild punches.
Samaras uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Tomoguchi.
Samaras misses with a wild body shot.
Tomoguchi digs a good body shot into Samaras's ribs.
Samaras misses with a looping right.
Samaras looks to land a left hand but Tomoguchi moved out of range nicely.
Samaras moves out of range as Tomoguchi strikes.
Tomoguchi bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Samaras's head backwards.
Tomoguchi ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Samaras moves away.
Tomoguchi misses with a body shot.
Samaras throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Tomoguchi misses with an uppercut.
Tomoguchi swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Samaras swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Good shot there by Tomoguchi.
Tomoguchi stuns Samaras with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Samaras slips under a jab from Tomoguchi.
A little jabbing left from Samaras on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Samaras misses with a few strikes there.
Samaras scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Samaras is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Tomoguchi.
Samaras swings for the body but Tomoguchi moves out of range.
Nice defenses there by Tomoguchi.
Tomoguchi misses with a jab, cross combination.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Samaras.
Samaras missing with a left hand there. Tomoguchi was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Samaras throws a hook to the side of Tomoguchi's head but Tomoguchi sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Samaras ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Samaras throws a body shot but no joy.
Samaras misses the jab.
Tomoguchi feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Samarass jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Tomoguchi misses with a jab, cross combination.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Tomoguchi takes a swing at Samaras's ribcage but misses.
Good shot there by Samaras.
Samaras looks to score with a jab to the body but Tomoguchi is just out of range.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A telegraphed right hand from Tomoguchi misses the target.
A slapping leg kick lands for Samaras.
Samaras is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
The fighters circling - Samaras throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Samaras is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Tomoguchi.
Tomoguchi tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Tomoguchi misses with a straight left.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Tomoguchi.
Samaras just misses with a punch to the body.
Tomoguchi lands a nice shot to the body.
Samaras lands with a thumping leg kick.
Tomoguchi misses with a hook. Samaras ducked under it nicely.
Samaras only half commits to the counter leg kick.
Tomoguchi tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Samaras was well out of range. Poor timing from Tomoguchi.
Samaras lands a nice leg kick that just misses Tomoguchi's sensitive parts.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Good shot there by Tomoguchi.
Samaras tries to clinch up.
Samaras does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
A low kick lands for Samaras.
Shinji Tomoguchi has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Tomoguchi has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Samaras finds it's way round the side to connect with Tomoguchi's head.
And that's the end of the fight!
Alkiviadis Samaras comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Samaras 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 Konstantin Menshow scores the fight 27:30
Judge Sergei Dronov scores the fight 27:30
Judge Igor Prikhodko scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Alkiviadis Samaras!
After winning the bout, Alkiviadis Samaras thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.
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