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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Random Collective (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Luis Di Maria (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Collective's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Barricade. Both fighters will be looking to make this an exciting fight for the fans, I'm sure!
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179 lbs
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Decent wrestler
Great elbows
Granite chin |
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BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
8 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Random Collective!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
8 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Luis Di Maria!
The judges for this bout are Yasuomi Hirokawa, Sosuke Kotani and Tatsuya Matsuyama.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Di Maria takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Random Collective seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Collective pushes Di Maria up against the cage in a clinch.
Di Maria misses with a knee to the head.
Collective looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Collective avoids a wild elbow strike from Di Maria.
Di Maria wants to break the clinch but can't.
Di Maria tries to circle away but Collective has him pinned against the cage.
Collective throws an elbow but it misses.
Collective lands a body shot.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Di Maria takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Collective manages to break the clinch.
Collective tries to clinch there but Di Maria circles away.
Collective slips under a jab from Di Maria.
Di Maria shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Collective pinned against the cage. Collective gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Di Maria swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Collective scores with a shot to the body.
Di Maria on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Di Maria shoots in and drives through. Collective sprawls well.
Collective wants to clinch.
Collective tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Di Maria counters with a stiff right hand.
Di Maria darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Collective rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Di Maria moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Collective throws a series of punches but Di Maria moves out of range.
Collective moves in looking to clinch but Di Maria pushes him off.
Collective scores with a body shot.
Collective fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Di Maria avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Collective tries to clinch up.
Random Collective is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Collective misses with a wild body shot.
Di Maria shoots in and drives through. Collective sprawls well.
Random Collective has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Luis Di Maria.
Collective punishes Di Maria's body with a nice straight punch.
Di Maria shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Collective as he avoids it easily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Collective closes the distance and clinches.
Di Maria wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Collective's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Collective tries to clinch up.
Di Maria misses with a double jab.
Collective has Di Maria up against the cage in a clinch.
Di Maria takes an elbow to the forehead.
Collective escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Collective digs a good hook to Di Maria's body.
Collective connects with a body shot that sends Di Maria's belly button to the back.
Collective misses with a body shot.
Collective tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Di Maria misses with a wild body shot.
Collective moves in looking to clinch but Di Maria pushes him off.
Di Maria misses with a series of wild punches.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A looping hook to the body misses from Collective. Di Maria does a little dance to reset his feet.
Di Maria fails with the takedown.
Di Maria shoots in and drives through. Collective sprawls well.
Di Maria looks gassed!
Collective lands a body shot.
Di Maria fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Collective fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Di Maria looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Di Maria has a takedown stuffed.
Collective comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Collective clinches up against the cage.
Collective breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Collective misses with a body shot.
Di Maria is trying desperately to land a takedown but Collective is having absolutely none of it. This is turning into a bit of a nightmare for Di Maria.
Collective has Di Maria up against the cage in a clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Di Maria is defending well against a takedown attempt.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Collective escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Collective throws a body punch but Di Maria moves out of range.
Collective slaps away a takedown attempt from Di Maria, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Collective misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Di Maria.
Collective takes the fight into the clinch.
Collective crunches a lovely knee into Di Maria's ribcage.
Di Maria trying to stall but Collective improves his position.
Collective breaks the clinch.
Di Maria keeps the fight on the outside.
Collective tries to clinch up but Di Maria circles away and keeps his distance.
Nice shot lands for Collective.
Collective throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Collective tries to clinch up.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Collective tries to clinch there but Di Maria circles away.
Collective listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Collective throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Collective stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Collective wants it to stay on the feet.
Collective misses with a wild body shot.
A combination from Di Maria does no damage.
Collective wants to clinch up but Di Maria keeps it at a distance.
Di Maria looks for a takedown but Collective sprawls well.
Collective closes the distance and clinches.
Collective using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Di Maria takes an elbow to the forehead.
It looks like Luis Di Maria has been cut.
Collective escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Di Maria avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Collective moves into the clinch successfully.
Collective breaks the clinch.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Collective moves into range and connects with a jab.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Di Maria uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Collective.
Collective tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Di Maria counters with a takedown into side control.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.
Collective is working hard to escape and get back to his feet. After a battle for position, Di Maria asserts his dominance and retains side control.
Di Maria cracks Collective with an elbow. That is naaassty.
Di Maria is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Collective is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Di Maria tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Di Maria has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Collective is trying to escape and get back to his feet.
Collective throws his opponent off and manages to get back to his feet! Nicely done!
Collective clinches up with Di Maria and pushes him back against the cage.
Di Maria working hard to break the clinch.
Collective breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Collective tries to clinch but Di Maria is having none of it.
A combination from Di Maria does no damage.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Collective swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Di Maria counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Di Maria swats away the attempt to clinch by Collective.
Di Maria swats away the attempt to clinch by Collective.
Di Maria shoots in for a takedown but Collective shows good takedown defense.
Collective fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Di Maria manages to avoid it.
Collective tries to clinch up
and Di Maria counters with a series of strikes. Collective will be more careful next time no doubt.
Di Maria keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Collective.
Collective swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Collective tries to close the distance and clinch up but Di Maria swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Collective fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Di Maria, pushing him back against the cage.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Collective breaks from the clinch.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Collective lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Di Maria circles away quickly and effectively.
Collective closes the distance but Di Maria moves to the side
and Di Maria counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Collective tries to clinch there but Di Maria circles away.
Collective thows a body shot but no joy.
Di Maria misses with a two punch combination.
Di Maria blocks a jab.
Collective misses the shot to the body.
Collective tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Di Maria was well out of range. Poor timing from Collective.
Collective swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Collective misses with an attempted mid kick.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Collective throws a predictable looking body shot
and Di Maria counters with a stiff right hand.
Collective doesn't manage to clinch there - Di Maria circles away.
Collective is looking to wear down Di Maria with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Di Maria takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Di Maria gets tackled into the cage by Collective. Collective maintains the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Random Collective dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Luis Di Maria's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!
Collective tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Di Maria paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Di Maria looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Collective throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Di Maria.
Collective doesn't manage to clinch there - Di Maria circles away.
Di Maria shoots for a double leg takedown but Collective sprawls well. He's pushed Di Maria's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Collective tries to close the distance and clinch but Di Maria swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Collective throws a right and a left that Di Maria avoids nicely.
Collective digs a good body shot into Di Maria's ribs.
Di Maria shoots in for a double leg but Collective sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Random Collective has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Luis Di Maria.
Di Maria fails to land the takedown.
Collective lands a body shot.
Collective lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Di Maria is breathing heavily.
A chopping leg kick lands by Collective.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Collective scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Di Maria crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Collective - the referee stops the clock and Di Maria gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Collective. Di Maria manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Collective uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Di Maria.
Collective will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Collective drives through and clinches with Di Maria against the cage.
Di Maria has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Collective has Di Maria pressed against the cage, preventing Di Maria from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Collective breaks from the clinch.
Luis Di Maria is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
A shot to the liver by Collective. Beautiful body shot.
Collective looks to score with a jab to the body but Di Maria is just out of range.
Collective drives through and clinches with Di Maria against the cage.
Collective trying to land knees to the body.
Collective breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Collective is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Di Maria can do to turn this around?
Collective gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Collective breaks from the clinch.
Collective doesn't manage to clinch there - Di Maria circles away.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Di Maria shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Collective but Collective pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Di Maria takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Collective rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Di Maria moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Collective displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Di Maria.
Collective pushes Di Maria up against the cage in a clinch.
Collective's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Di Maria tries to keep at a distance but Collective has taken the fight into the clinch.
Collective blocks an uppercut.
Collective is trying to stall.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Collective.
Collective pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The fight stays on the outside here - Collective looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Collective scores with a jab to the body.
Collective fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Di Maria manages to avoid it.
Random Collective is winning the standup battle so far.
Di Maria tries to keep at a distance but Collective has taken the fight into the clinch.
Collective manages to break the clinch.
Collective ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Collective scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Di Maria doesn't seem bothered though.
Collective closes the distance and clinches.
Collective content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Collective breaks from the clinch.
Collective lands an overhand right.
Collective thuds a left hand into Di Maria's body.
Collective is looking to clinch but Di Maria is avoiding it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Collective clobbers Di Maria with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Collective tries to clinch up but Di Maria circles away and keeps his distance.
Collective darts in and clinches Di Maria up against the cage.
Collective breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Di Maria slips a jab and a cross from Collective.
Di Maria takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Collective rushes Di Maria and presses him up against the cage.
Collective breaks from the clinch.
Collective jabs at Di Maria's body.
Di Maria misses with an uppercut.
Collective gets a clinch.
Collective breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Collective fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Di Maria manages to avoid it.
Collective tries to clinch up but Di Maria circles away and keeps his distance.
Collective darts in and clinches Di Maria up against the cage.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Di Maria blocks an elbow strike.
Collective breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Collective throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Collective misses the shot to the body.
Di Maria fails to land the takedown.
Collective punishes Di Maria's body with a nice straight punch.
Di Maria shoots in for a takedown but Collective shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Collective throws a body punch but Di Maria moves out of range.
Collective ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Di Maria avoids the body shot from Collective.
Di Maria fails with the takedown.
Collective moves in looking to clinch but Di Maria pushes him off.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Collective tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Di Maria was well out of range. Poor timing from Collective.
Collective digs a good hook to Di Maria's body.
Collective tries to clinch up but Di Maria circles away and keeps his distance.
Collective cracks a nice hook into Di Maria's ribs.
Di Maria misses with a double jab.
Collective closes the distance and clinches.
Collective breaks the clinch.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Di Maria uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Collective.
Di Maria throws a right and a left that both miss.
Di Maria takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Di Maria takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Di Maria keeps the fight on the outside.
Collective moves into range and clinches up with Di Maria.
Di Maria takes a knee to the side of the body.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Collective creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Di Maria's defenses.
Collective is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Di Maria is defending well for now.
Luis Di Maria has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Collective escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Collective tries to clinch there but Di Maria circles away.
Collective works Di Maria's body with a nice hook.
Collective throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Di Maria with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Collective to score with a decent uppercut.
Collective cracks Di Maria with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Collective misses the shot to the body.
Di Maria fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Collective wants to clinch up but Di Maria keeps it at a distance.
Collective lands with a nice body punch.
Collective has closed the distance and engaged Di Maria in a clinch.
Di Maria has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Collective lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Collective lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Di Maria backwards.
Collective breaks the clinch.
Di Maria shoots for a double leg takedown but Collective sprawls well. He's pushed Di Maria's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Collective has closed the distance and engaged Di Maria in a clinch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Collective breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Collective throws a series of punches but Di Maria avoids them all with ease.
Collective wants to clinch.
Collective lunges at Di Maria with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Di Maria's hand.
Random Collective is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Di Maria takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Collective ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Di Maria moves away.
Collective cracks a nice hook into Di Maria's ribs.
A jab lands there for Di Maria.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Collective wants to clinch.
Some wild striking there from Collective.
Collective cracks a nice hook into Di Maria's ribs.
Di Maria doesn't succeed with the takedown
enabling Collective to counter with a crisp jab.
Collective fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Di Maria looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Collective dips down and 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.
Collective closes the distance looking to clinch
and Di Maria counters with a takedown into side control.
Collective is trying to stand back up. He's worked his way up against the cage but Di Maria has just dragged him back down to the mat.
And that's the end of the fight!
Random Collective showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Collective 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 2 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Yasuomi Hirokawa scores the fight for Random Collective!
Judge Sosuke Kotani scores the fight for Random Collective!
Judge Tatsuya Matsuyama scores the fight for Random Collective!
Random Collective wins by unanimous decision!
Random Collective spent the whole post fight interview bigging himself up. It didn't go down that well with the fans after a while as they thought it was a bit arrogant.
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