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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Bradley Travis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Lee Hitoshi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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140 lbs
3 - 0 - 0 |
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151 cm
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133 lbs
2 - 1 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Cuts easily |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Good kicks
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Bradley Travis!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Lee Hitoshi!
The judges for this bout are Sosuke Kotani, Shigeki Sano and Kenichi Hosakawa.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Travis throws a head kick that misses
and Hitoshi moves into the clinch.
Hitoshi has Travis pressed against the cage, preventing Travis from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Travis wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Hitoshi has him pressed against the cage.
Travis tries to circle away but Hitoshi has him pinned against the cage.
Travis has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Travis wants to break the clinch but can't.
Hitoshi is trying to pull guard but Travis turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Hitoshi tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Hitoshi fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Hitoshi doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Travis can't break the clinch.
Travis is trying to break the clinch but Hitoshi is controlling him.
Hitoshi wants to break free but Travis has control.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hitoshi looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Hitoshi looks winded!
Travis wants to break the clinch but can't.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Hitoshi has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Travis avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Bradley Travis has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Lee Hitoshi.
Travis gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Hitoshi.
Travis tries to circle away but Hitoshi has him pinned against the cage.
Hitoshi tries to pull guard but Travis forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Hitoshi is trying to pull guard but Travis has him pressed against the cage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Travis lands a right hand.
Hitoshi wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Travis tries to break free but Hitoshi pushes him back against the cage.
Travis is trying to break the clinch but Hitoshi has him pressed against the cage.
Travis lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Travis tries to circle away but Hitoshi has him pinned against the cage.
Hitoshi has Travis pressed against the cage, preventing Travis from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Hitoshi has Travis pressed against the cage, preventing Travis from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Travis breaks the clinch.
Lee Hitoshi seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Hitoshi has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Hitoshi shoots in and drives through. Travis sprawls well.
Travis swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hitoshi slips a jab and a cross from Travis.
Hitoshi avoids the head kick by Travis.
Travis throws a sloppy head kick and Hitoshi moves out of range easily.
Travis scores with a head kick.
Travis lands a two punch combo.
Travis takes the fight into the clinch.
Hitoshi tries to pull guard but Travis holds him up against the cage and eventually Hitoshi drops back down to his feet.
Travis wants to get back to striking at distance but Hitoshi won't allow it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Travis is trying to break free.
Travis utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Travis looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Travis really is a fat lump.
Travis is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Travis's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Travis tries a head kick but it misses.
Hitoshi avoids a punch combination nicely.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Travis throws a right and a left that Hitoshi avoids nicely.
Travis tries to clinch there but Hitoshi circles away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Bradley Travis dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Travis fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Hitoshi, pushing him back against the cage.
Travis wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Hitoshi has him pressed against the cage.
Travis tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Travis gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Hitoshi.
Hitoshi working hard to break the clinch.
Travis breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Travis tries a head kick but it misses.
Travis misses with a head kick.
Hitoshi is breathing heavily.
Hitoshi has closed the distance and engaged Travis in a clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Travis looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Hitoshi keeps control of Travis as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Travis scores with a shot to the side of Hitoshi's head.
Travis manages to break the clinch.
Travis misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Hitoshi shoots in looking for a takedown but Travis manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Hitoshi's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Travis tries to close the distance and clinch up but Hitoshi swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Travis fails to land with a series of punches.
Travis throws a head kick that misses.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Hitoshi.
Bradley Travis has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Lee Hitoshi.
Travis throws a head kick that misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Travis misses with the combination.
Travis lands a high kick!
Travis throws a head kick that misses.
Travis lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Hitoshi circles away quickly and effectively.
Hitoshi fails with the takedown.
Bradley Travis is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Travis misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Travis is looking to clinch.
Travis wants to clinch up but Hitoshi keeps it at a distance.
Nice takedown defense from Travis. No joy for Hitoshi on that attempt.
Travis tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Travis closes the distance but Hitoshi moves to the side
and Hitoshi counters with a one-two to the body.
Hitoshi keeps the fight on the outside.
Travis throws a sloppy head kick and Hitoshi moves out of range easily.
Travis lands with a slapping head kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hitoshi tries to keep at a distance but Travis has taken the fight into the clinch.
Travis breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Hitoshi avoids the head kick by Travis.
Travis lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Hitoshi backs up against the cage.
Bradley Travis is winning the standup battle so far.
Travis bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Travis thumps Hitoshi with a low kick.
Hitoshi gets a clinch.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Travis wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Bradley Travis dominated that second round.
That's time! Travis's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!
Travis throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Hitoshi gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Hitoshi pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Hitoshi changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Travis looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Hitoshi tries to stand but Travis is controlling his head.
Travis is looking for a sweep.
Travis gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Travis looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Hitoshi is trying to control. Travis wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Travis makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Travis.
Hitoshi stopping the sweep attempt from Travis.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Travis manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Hitoshi manages to get himself to full guard.
Travis working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Travis wants to control from the top but Hitoshi keeps moving.
Travis would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
Hitoshi preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Travis throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Hitoshi works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Hitoshi keeping moving, preventing Travis from controlling successfully.
Travis scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Travis working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Hitoshi can do anything to dispel that myth.
Travis lands a couple of elbows.
Travis is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Travis accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Travis showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Travis trying to control but Hitoshi is working from the bottom.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Travis lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Hitoshi can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Travis controls the pace.
Bradley Travis has forced the referee to step in and bring the fight back to the feet.
A punch combination from Travis misses.
Hitoshi is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Travis.
Bradley Travis is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Hitoshi is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Travis.
Lee Hitoshi has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Hitoshi blocks a head kick by Travis.
Travis tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Hitoshi paws at him with a jab and circles away.
And that's the end of the fight!
Bradley Travis showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Travis 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 30:27
Judge Shigeki Sano scores the fight 30:27
Judge Kenichi Hosakawa scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Bradley Travis!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
37% |
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