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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Sameer Hamadoui (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Hideaki Murakami (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Hamadoui comes into the arena with Lights Out blaring out of the sound system. Rumors backstage are that the fighters have been paid to keep it standing but we know that would never happen in MMA!
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148 lbs
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BJJ Purple Belt
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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
11 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Sameer Hamadoui!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Hideaki Murakami!
The judges for this bout are Sosuke Kotani, Kenichi Hosakawa and Taro Takaoka.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hamadoui scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Murakami jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Murakami lands with a good body shot.
Hamadoui lands a jab to Murakami's midsection.
Murakami lands with a hook. Hamadoui tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Hamadoui uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Hideaki Murakami seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Murakami throws a hook but Hamadoui avoids it easily.
Murakami looks to land a right hand but Hamadoui moved out of range.
Hamadoui takes one to the chin there.
Hamadoui moves into the clinch.
Hamadoui breaks the clinch.
Murakami uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Hamadoui.
Hamadoui will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Murakami looks to land a left hand but Hamadoui moved out of range nicely.
Murakami throws out a loose jab but Hamadoui uses good head movement to avoid it.
Murakami thows a left - swing and a miss!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Hamadoui slips under a jab from Murakami.
Hamadoui has taken the fight to the clinch.
Hamadoui breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
A combination from Hamadoui does no damage.
Murakami throws out a loose jab but Hamadoui uses good head movement to avoid it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hamadoui slips under a jab from Murakami.
Hamadoui scores with a jab to the head.
Hamadoui uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Murakami.
Hamadoui thows a body kick. Murakami tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Murakami might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Hamadoui looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Hamadoui gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Hamadoui escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Sloppy strikes from Hamadoui. Those never looked like landing.
Murakami tests Hamadoui's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Murakami fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Hamadoui manages to avoid it.
Hamadoui lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Hamadoui slips a jab and a cross from Murakami.
Murakami looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Murakami throws a jab when Hamadoui was well out of range.
Hamadoui throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Hamadoui jabs at Murakami's body.
Nice body kick there by Murakami.
Hamadoui avoids the head kick by Murakami.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hamadoui misses with a series of wild punches.
Hamadoui rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Murakami moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Murakami chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Hamadoui can pounce on him.
Hamadoui closes the distance and clinches.
Hamadoui manages to break the clinch.
Hamadoui wants to slow Murakami down by chopping away at his legs.
Murakami gets tackled into the cage by Hamadoui. Hamadoui maintains the clinch.
Murakami keeps control of Hamadoui as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Hamadoui prevents Murakami from breaking the clinch.
Hamadoui pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Hamadoui misses with a body shot.
Murakami throws out a loose jab but Hamadoui uses good head movement to avoid it.
Sameer Hamadoui is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
The fighters circling - Murakami throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Murakami feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Hamadoui's calf.
Murakami misses with a straight left.
Murakami throws a hook to the side of Hamadoui's head but Hamadoui sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Hamadoui closes the distance and clinches.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hamadoui pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Hamadoui on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Hamadoui uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Murakami.
Murakami misses with a two punch combination.
Hamadoui slips a straight right by Murakami.
Hamadoui has Murakami up against the cage in a clinch.
Hamadoui breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Hamadoui moves into the clinch successfully.
Murakami changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Hamadoui fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Murakami throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
A looping hook to the body misses from Murakami. Hamadoui does a little dance to reset his feet.
A telegraphed right hand from Murakami misses the target.
Hamadoui keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Murakami on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Hamadoui throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
A punch combination from Hamadoui misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hamadoui lands a nice shot that snaps Murakami's head back.
Hamadoui closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Hamadoui lands with a nice body punch.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Hamadoui takes a swing at Murakami's ribcage but misses.
Murakami dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Hamadoui. That did some damage!
Nice shot lands for Hamadoui.
Hamadoui tries to clinch but Murakami moves out of range.
Murakami is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Hamadoui.
Murakami fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Murakami fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Murakami misses with an uppercut.
Murakami tries to clinch up.
Hamadoui closes the distance and clinches.
Hamadoui pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Hamadoui connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Murakami momentarily.
Hamadoui throws a right and a left that Murakami avoids nicely.
A clash of legs there as Hamadoui blocks the low kick.
Hamadoui pushes Murakami up against the cage in a clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Sameer Hamadoui dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
A good leg kick by Murakami.
Murakami shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Hamadoui throws a shot to the body.
Hamadoui tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Murakami manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Murakami throws a big shot that misses.
Murakami throws a jab but it's blocked by Hamadoui.
Hamadoui avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Murakami ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Hamadoui moves away.
Hamadoui misses with a wild body shot.
Murakami will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Hamadoui throws a series of punches but Murakami avoids them all with ease.
Hamadoui drives through and clinches with Murakami against the cage.
Hamadoui pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Hamadoui throws a one two combo.
Hamadoui fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
A looping hook to the body misses from Murakami. Hamadoui does a little dance to reset his feet.
Sameer Hamadoui is winning the standup battle so far.
Murakami tries a head kick but it misses.
Murakami takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Murakami throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Hamadoui keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Murakami.
Hamadoui looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Hamadoui is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
A bone on bone clash there as Hamadoui blocks the leg kick.
Murakami tries to keep at a distance but Hamadoui has taken the fight into the clinch.
Hamadoui escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
A punch combination from Murakami misses.
Hamadoui keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Murakami is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Hamadoui.
Hamadoui moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Hamadoui slips a jab from Murakami.
Hamadoui lands with a nice body punch.
Murakami misses with a straight right.
Hamadoui is looking to wear down Murakami with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Hamadoui has taken the fight to the clinch.
Hamadoui breaks from the clinch.
Murakami throws a hook to the side of Hamadoui's head but Hamadoui sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Hamadoui throws a front kick aimed at Murakami's knee but Murakami avoids it well.
It really doesn't seem like the step up in weight is hurting Hamadoui here at all. He's more than holding his own against the bigger man.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Murakami misses with a body shot.
Hamadoui tries to close the distance and clinch up but Murakami swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Murakami tries to keep at a distance but Hamadoui has taken the fight into the clinch.
Hamadoui really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
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!
Hamadoui with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Hamadoui breaks the clinch.
Murakami throws a lazy uppercut
and Hamadoui counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Murakami thows a body shot but no joy.
Hamadoui lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Hamadoui.
Murakami throws a predictable looking body shot
and Hamadoui counters with a three punch combo that has Murakami backing up. Murakami nods at Hamadoui to acknowledge the strikes.
Hamadoui wants to clinch up but Murakami keeps it at a distance.
Murakami throws a jab but it's blocked by Hamadoui.
Hamadoui blocks a jab.
Hamadoui looks to land a combination but Murakami avoids it well.
Murakami takes a swing at Hamadoui's ribcage but misses.
Murakami missing with a left hand there. Hamadoui was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Murakami looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Murakami gets tackled into the cage by Hamadoui. Hamadoui maintains the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Murakami tries to land knees in the clinch but Hamadoui avoids the damage to the body.
Hamadoui escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Hamadoui closes the distance and clinches.
Murakami drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Hamadoui gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Hamadoui breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Murakami lands a head kick!
Hamadoui moves into the clinch.
Hamadoui breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Hamadoui throws a nice looking combination but Murakami bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Hamadoui scores with a nice body kick.
Hamadoui checks a low kick from Murakami.
Murakami misses with a hook.
Murakami is really struggling to land any decent head shots against his taller opponent.
Hamadoui ducks under a wild hook from Murakami.
Hamadoui scores with a punch to the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Murakami dodges the punch combination from Hamadoui.
Hamadoui throws a nice looking combination but Murakami bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Murakami just misses with a punch to the body.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Hamadoui pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Hamadoui gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Hamadoui breaks the clinch.
A swing and a miss from Murakami.
Hamadoui pushes Murakami up against the cage in a clinch.
Murakami is looking to take this one to the mat.
Nice elbow from Murakami.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Hamadoui lands a nice trip takedown into half guard.
Hamadoui controlling the action here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Sameer Hamadoui dominated that second round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!
Hamadoui doesn't manage to clinch there - Murakami circles away.
Hamadoui scores with a one two! Murakami had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Hamadoui misses with the combination.
A punch combination from Hamadoui misses.
Murakami takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Murakami misses with the combination.
Murakami misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Hamadoui.
Murakami swings for the body but Hamadoui moves out of range.
Murakami fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Hamadoui displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Murakami throws out the jab.
Hamadoui throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Murakami throws a good cross that connects.
Hamadoui rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Murakami moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Hamadoui uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Murakami.
Murakami is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Hamadoui.
Murakami throws a hook but Hamadoui avoids it easily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hamadoui throws a head kick that Murakami semi-blocks.
Murakami misses with the combination.
Murakami tries a head kick but it misses.
Murakami takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Hamadoui swinging wildly here.
Hamadoui showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Murakami.
Hamadoui throws a series of punches but Murakami moves out of range.
The fighters circling - Murakami throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Hamadoui rushes Murakami and presses him up against the cage.
Hamadoui is pressed up against the cage. Murakami has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Hamadoui down to the mat. Hamadoui avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Hamadoui lands a front kick.
Murakami clinches.
Hamadoui pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Hamadoui keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Sameer Hamadoui has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Hideaki Murakami.
Hamadoui misses with a jab, cross combination.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A punch combination from Murakami misses.
Hamadoui rushes Murakami and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Murakami is trying to push Hamadoui away but Hamadoui has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Hamadoui avoids the elbow strike from Murakami, against the cage.
Hamadoui's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
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!
Murakami doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Hamadoui swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Hamadoui wants to clinch up but Murakami keeps it at a distance.
No joy there for Murakami, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Hamadoui slips under a jab from Murakami.
Hamadoui steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Murakami.
Hamadoui rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Murakami moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Murakami misses with a wild body shot.
Murakami tries a head kick but it misses.
Hamadoui slips a jab and a cross from Murakami.
Hamadoui fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Murakami, pushing him back against the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hamadoui has double underhooks and is working for a body lock takedown. He's got it. The fighters land in half guard but Murakami regains guard immediately.
Murakami wants to sweep here but Hamadoui controlling him for the moment.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Hamadoui controls from within his opponent's guard.
Hamadoui stands and steps away. Murakami gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.
Sameer Hamadoui is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Left hook, right uppercut from Hamadoui.
Hamadoui swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Murakami fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Hamadoui rushes Murakami and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Murakami with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Hamadoui prevents a takedown attempt there.
Murakami throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Sameer Hamadoui has scored more points in the clinch so far.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hamadoui breaks the clinch.
Murakami throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Hamadoui moves into the clinch.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A frustrated look appears on Murakami's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Hamadoui breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Murakami has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Murakami there as he acknowledges the shot.
Hamadoui scores with a one two! Murakami had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Murakami has his takedown stuffed
and Hamadoui counters with a right hand to the body.
Hideaki Murakami has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Hamadoui lands a body shot.
Hamadoui scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Hamadoui has closed the distance and engaged Murakami in a clinch.
Murakami looking to stall.
Hamadoui escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
And that's the end of the fight!
Sameer Hamadoui showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Hamadoui 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 Sosuke Kotani scores the fight for Sameer Hamadoui!
Judge Kenichi Hosakawa scores the fight for Sameer Hamadoui!
Judge Taro Takaoka scores the fight for Sameer Hamadoui!
Sameer Hamadoui wins by unanimous decision!
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