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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Lauren Patton (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Shun Masaru (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Shun Masaru will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.
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193 lbs
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183 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
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BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Lauren Patton!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Shun Masaru!
The judges for this bout are Kenichi Hosakawa, Yuuki Gou and Yasuomi Hirokawa.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Masaru misses with an attempted mid kick.
Patton clinches.
A head punch on the inside from Masaru fails to land.
Masaru with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Patton avoiding damage as Masaru throws knees to the body.
Masaru lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Masaru tries to land a knee to the head but Patton blocks with his arms.
Patton is looking to take this one to the mat.
Masaru with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Patton managing to block the knees to the body from Masaru.
Patton looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Still in the clinch, Masaru scores with a nice short uppercut.
Patton wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Masaru has him pressed against the cage.
Masaru using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Patton has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Masaru lands a nice knee to the body.
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!
A short right from Masaru on the inside.
Knees to the body from Masaru.
Masaru fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A frustrated look appears on Patton's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Masaru with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Patton wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Masaru doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A knee to the head by Masaru.
Patton really is a fat lump.
Masaru misses with a knee strike.
Masaru throws a punch but it's blocked by Patton.
Masaru throws a knee to the head but misses.
Knees in the clinch landing for Masaru.
Patton is breathing heavily.
Patton misses with a hook to the ribs.
Masaru throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Patton blocks it with crossed arms.
Masaru tries a knee to the head but Patton blocks it.
Masaru looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Masaru managing to block the knees to the body from Patton.
Masaru lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Patton backwards.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Patton tries to pull guard but Masaru holds him up against the cage and eventually Patton drops back down to his feet.
Masaru lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Patton backwards.
Masaru misses with a knee to the head.
Masaru with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Masaru with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Masaru gets through Patton's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Masaru misses with a hook from the clinch.
Masaru avoiding damage as Patton throws knees to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Patton breaks the clinch.
Masaru smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Masaru fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Patton, pushing him back against the cage.
Masaru landing knees to the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Masaru lands a good knee to the midsection. Patton won't want to take too many of those.
Masaru lands on the inside with an uppercut.
A nice right hand lands inside from Masaru.
Masaru connects with a nasty looking knee right to Patton's face.
Masaru lands a nice uppercut.
Patton working hard to break the clinch.
Masaru lands a left hand that snaps the head of Patton backwards.
Masaru unloads a knee to the mid-section. Patton lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Masaru landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Masaru connects with a knee to the head.
A short right from Masaru on the inside.
Masaru with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Masaru lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Masaru scores with a shoulder strike.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Masaru looking to throw knees to the head but Patton is blocking nicely.
Masaru with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Masaru with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Patton tries to land knees in the clinch but Masaru avoids the damage to the body.
Patton wants to break free but Masaru has control.
A knee to the head by Masaru.
A knee to the head by Masaru.
Masaru with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Masaru tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Patton blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Patton wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Masaru using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Patton has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Masaru tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Shun Masaru dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Masaru checks a low kick from Patton.
Masaru gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Patton tries to work over Masaru's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Masaru tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Patton is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Masaru throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Patton blocks it with crossed arms.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Masaru creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Masaru throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Patton blocks it with crossed arms.
Patton working hard to break the clinch.
Masaru lands a knee to the head.
Masaru misses with a short punch on the inside.
Masaru trying to land knees to the body.
Masaru is breathing heavily.
Patton blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Patton missing with knees to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Patton is trying to push Masaru away but Masaru has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Masaru tries to land a knee to the head but Patton blocks with his arms.
Masaru on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Masaru lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Masaru swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Masaru lands a knee to the body.
Masaru with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Masaru landing knees to the head.
Knees in the clinch landing for Patton.
Masaru using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Patton has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Patton tries to work over Masaru's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Patton blocking some punches.
Masaru using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Patton has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Patton has dropped down and is working for a takedown. Masaru is trying to keep an underhook but Patton manages to get the takedown into half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Patton with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Masaru keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Well, if Patton is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight… I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza… Yum. Can't wait.
Patton seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Masaru is refusing to be controlled, as Patton sits in half guard.
Patton throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Patton is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Masaru doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Patton.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Masaru is looking to control Patton's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Masaru avoid being mounted?
Patton controlling the action here.
Patton is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Masaru moves into full guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Masaru wants to stand and escape but Patton is having none of it.
Patton sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Patton postures up.
Patton gets to his feet - Masaru follows without any prompting.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Masaru's corner calls for a 1-2. Masaru obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Masaru moves into the clinch successfully.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Shun Masaru will probably get the nod - 10:9.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!
Patton needs to keep his hands up - Masaru had a free shot at his head there.
Patton moves out of range of the body kick.
Masaru forces Patton back against the cage and clinches.
Masaru tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Patton is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Patton blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Patton trying to land knees to the body.
Shun Masaru seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Masaru goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Patton escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Masaru throws a right and a left that Patton avoids nicely.
Patton avoids a punch combination nicely.
Masaru takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Masaru connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Patton's hands.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Masaru misses the shot to the body.
Lauren Patton is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
A left lands for Masaru.
Patton throws a leg kick but Masaru checks it.
Masaru scores with a nice strike.
Patton throws a leg kick
and Masaru counters with a stiff right hand.
Masaru wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Masaru moves into the clinch.
Masaru throws a head punch that misses.
Patton has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Masaru misses with a knee strike.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Masaru keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Patton's efforts to push away.
Masaru working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Masaru throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Patton blocks it with crossed arms.
Patton tries a body shot but Masaru blocks it.
Masaru lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Patton looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Masaru has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Masaru tries a knee to the head but Patton blocks it.
Patton is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Patton fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Patton misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Masaru.
Patton misses with a short punch on the inside.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A knee to the head by Masaru.
A knee to the head by Masaru.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Patton wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Masaru lands a left hand that snaps the head of Patton backwards.
Masaru tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Patton avoids it.
Masaru scores with a shoulder strike.
Patton is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Masaru is defending well for now.
Masaru throws a knee to the head but misses.
Masaru using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Patton has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Shun Masaru is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Patton's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Patton takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Patton avoids a punch combination nicely.
Masaru rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Patton counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Patton.
Patton with a flurry of punches that miss.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Patton throws a big elbow that misses.
Masaru can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Patton controls the pace.
This has been an exciting period of action!
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
The ref stands the fighters back up. Lauren Patton wasn't doing enough on the ground.
Patton is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Masaru.
Lauren Patton has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Patton throws a leg kick that is checked
and Masaru counters with a nice uppercut.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Shun Masaru.
I've got Masaru 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 Kenichi Hosakawa scores the fight 27:30
Judge Yuuki Gou scores the fight 27:30
Judge Yasuomi Hirokawa scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Shun Masaru!
A very excited looking Shun Masaru made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.
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RATING
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