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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Toussaint Bissainthe (ranked 851 p4p, 123 weight class) and Josu Aingeru (ranked 361 p4p, 50 weight class). Bissainthe comes to the cage accompanied by African Voodoo Drum Music. Both fighters really staring each other down here, as Josu Aingeru enters the cage!
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175 lbs
5 - 1 - 0 |
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185 lbs
11 - 2 - 1 |
Good wrestling
Lethal high kicks
Cardio machine |
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Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the welterweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Toussaint Bissainthe!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
11 - 2 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Josu Aingeru!
The judges for this bout are Sosuke Kotani, Taro Takaoka and Shigeki Sano.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A big right from Aingeru misses.
Aingeru wants to clinch up but Bissainthe keeps it at a distance.
It appears Bissainthe was looking to counter with a kick there.
Bissainthe has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Fist of Fury Training Center in the buildup to the fight.
A lazy left from Aingeru finds it's target.
Aingeru throws a shot from downtown. Bissainthe moves away and avoids it.
Aingeru wants to clinch but Bissainthe slips to the side
and Bissainthe counters with a slapping leg kick.
Aingeru closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Bissainthe fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Bissainthe misses with a short punch on the inside.
A nice right hand lands inside from Bissainthe.
Bissainthe lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Aingeru misses with a hook from the clinch.
Bissainthe misses with a punch on the inside.
Bissainthe lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Aingeru backwards.
Aingeru working aggressively here.
A short left from Aingeru.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Bissainthe misses with a punch on the inside.
Aingeru misses with a punch on the inside.
Bissainthe tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Bissainthe lands with a short head shot on the inside.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bissainthe lands a left hand that snaps the head of Aingeru backwards.
Bissainthe has a couple of punches blocked by Aingeru.
Bissainthe misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Bissainthe has a couple of punches blocked by Aingeru.
Aingeru tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Aingeru's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Bissainthe tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Bissainthe misses with a hook from the clinch.
Bissainthe presses Aingeru against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Bissainthe misses with the head strike.
Nice body punch from Aingeru - that landed with a thud.
Bissainthe presses Aingeru against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Bissainthe working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Bissainthe blocking some punches.
Bissainthe lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Bissainthe blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Bissainthe tries to throw a body punch but Aingeru avoids it by throwing Bissainthe back against the cage.
Bissainthe throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Bissainthe misses with the head strike.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Bissainthe misses with some punches.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Good body shot from Aingeru.
Bissainthe lands an uppercut.
Aingeru tries a body shot but Bissainthe blocks it.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Bissainthe.
Bissainthe lands a shoulder strike.
Bissainthe lands with a short shot to the head.
Bissainthe scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Aingeru tries a body shot but Bissainthe blocks it.
Bissainthe gets through Aingeru's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Bissainthe misses with a hook from the clinch.
Bissainthe scores with a shot to the side of Aingeru's head.
A head punch on the inside from Aingeru fails to land.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Aingeru.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Bissainthe.
Aingeru working aggressively here.
Bissainthe working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Aingeru swings wildly with an uppercut but Bissainthe uses good head movement to avoid it.
Aingeru scores with a shot to the side of Bissainthe's head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Aingeru.
A nice right hand lands inside from Bissainthe.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Aingeru misses with a hook to the ribs.
Bissainthe has a couple of punches blocked by Aingeru.
A nice left hand lands by Bissainthe.
Bissainthe throws a head punch that misses.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Aingeru.
Bissainthe struggles to land a body shot inside as Aingeru controls his hands.
A short right from Bissainthe.
Bissainthe lands a shot to the body.
Aingeru looks winded!
Bissainthe misses with a short punch on the inside.
Bissainthe lands a right hand.
Aingeru misses with the head strike.
Bissainthe presses Aingeru against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Aingeru blocks an uppercut.
Aingeru misses with a short punch on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Aingeru.
Bissainthe scores with a nice hook to the head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Bissainthe.
Bissainthe lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A right hand to the body from Bissainthe.
Bissainthe lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Aingeru backwards.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bissainthe lands a hook to the side of the head.
Aingeru presses Bissainthe against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Aingeru takes a shot to the head.
Bissainthe lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Aingeru blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A short right from Aingeru on the inside.
Aingeru blocking some punches.
Bissainthe blocking some punches.
Aingeru misses with a short punch on the inside.
Aingeru misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Aingeru has a couple of punches blocked by Bissainthe.
Aingeru blocking some punches.
Bissainthe lands a right hand that snaps the head of Aingeru backwards.
Aingeru blocks a body shot from Bissainthe.
Bissainthe fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Bissainthe.
Aingeru blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A head punch on the inside from Bissainthe fails to land.
Aingeru is looking for a takedown.
Aingeru misses with a short punch on the inside.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Toussaint Bissainthe dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Aingeru tries to clinch up but Bissainthe circles away and keeps his distance.
Aingeru throws a poor cross that misses
and Bissainthe counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Aingeru throws a lazy uppercut
and Bissainthe counters with a nice body shot.
Aingeru tries to close the distance and clinch up but Bissainthe swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Aingeru tries to clinch up
and Bissainthe counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Aingeru throws a lazy right hand but Bissainthe sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Aingeru fails in his attempt to clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Aingeru throws a right hand that misses
and Bissainthe counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
It looks like Josu Aingeru has been cut.
Bissainthe takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Aingeru throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Bissainthe lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Bissainthe scores with a spinning back kick!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Aingeru takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Aingeru takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Bissainthe scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Josu Aingeru seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Aingeru is breathing heavily.
Bissainthe digs a good hook to Aingeru's body.
A nice leg kick lands there from Bissainthe.
A chopping leg kick lands by Bissainthe.
Bissainthe uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Aingeru.
Bissainthe quickly followed up with a counter body kick but doesn't connect.
Bissainthe swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Aingeru.
Bissainthe connects with a good right hand that stumbles Aingeru. Aingeru circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Bissainthe thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Aingeru if he has to take too many more of those.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Bissainthe feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Aingerus jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Aingeru is rocked!
Bissainthe takes one to the chin there.
Aingeru throws the left hand but Bissainthe avoids the punch easily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Aingeru throws a jab but it's blocked by Bissainthe.
Bissainthe waves his right hand out in front of him, looking to distract Aingeru. Oh, he's unloaded a beast of a left hand - it worked! He's dropped Aingeru to the canvas! Can he finish him!?
Aingeru is still in real trouble! Can Bissainthe finish him?
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.
Bissainthe working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Bissainthe throws a big elbow that misses.
Aingeru seems to have recovered his senses.
Bissainthe has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Bissainthe slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Aingeru takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Bissainthe working the ground and pound.
Aingeru takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Bissainthe lands an elbow.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bissainthe working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Aingeru felt the need to train up his defensive grappling in the buildup to the fight. Presumably he was expecting to be in a difficult position like this, so let's see if he can get out of it.
Bissainthe throws an elbow but Aingeru slips to the side and avoids it well.
Sloppy strikes there by Bissainthe.
Aingeru being controlled for a moment.
Bissainthe lands an elbow.
Aingeru takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Aingeru taking punishment in the form of punches.
Bissainthe scoring with punches and elbows.
Aingeru is not content to let Bissainthe control the position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bissainthe throws an elbow but Aingeru slips to the side and avoids it well.
Bissainthe controls the position.
Bissainthe fails to land a wild elbow strike.
Bissainthe misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.
Bissainthe throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
The strikes coming from Bissainthe are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
Check out the look on Bissainthe's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Bissainthe scores with punches from side control.
Bissainthe misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Aingeru is trying to control Bissainthe's posture but Bissainthe avoids it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Toussaint Bissainthe dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Josu Aingeru's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Aingeru moves out of range of the strikes.
Aingeru ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Bissainthe moves away.
Bissainthe ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Aingeru moves away.
Bissainthe steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Aingeru.
Bissainthe changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Bissainthe has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Aingeru finds it's way round the side to connect with Bissainthe's head.
Bissainthe moves out of range of the strikes.
Bissainthe is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Aingeru can do to turn this around?
Bissainthe lands a glancing blow to the side of Aingeru's head.
Aingeru closes the distance looking to clinch
and Bissainthe counters with a nice body kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Aingeru moves to clinch but Bissainthe breaks away
and Bissainthe counters with a nice uppercut.
Aingeru takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bissainthe throws a nice inside leg kick.
Bissainthe thows a body kick. Aingeru tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Bissainthe cracks a nice hook into Aingeru's ribs.
Nice jab there from Bissainthe.
Bissainthe cracks Aingeru with a big right hand and Aingeru goes down!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Bissainthe cracks Aingeru with a solid left hand.
Bissainthe postures up in Aingeru's guard and throws a big left but Aingeru blocks it.
Toussaint Bissainthe overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Bissainthe lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Bissainthe engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Aingeru tries to land a sweep but no joy.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Bissainthe accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Bissainthe pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Aingeru is keeping the position for now.
Bissainthe in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Aingeru keeping moving, preventing Bissainthe from controlling successfully.
Aingeru preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Bissainthe distracts Aingeru with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Aingeru can't keep his opponent in guard - Bissainthe advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bissainthe thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Bissainthe uses his free foot to push down on Aingeru's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for Aingeru.
Aingeru is bucking up trying to escape but Bissainthe cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Aingeru is squirming around, avoiding Bissainthe's attempts to control the action.
Bissainthe with shots to the head and body - Aingeru looks very uncomfortable down there.
Bissainthe controlling from mount.
Bissainthe prevents Aingeru from getting the reversal.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Poor strikes thrown by Bissainthe there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Bissainthe with shots to the head and body - Aingeru looks very uncomfortable down there.
Bissainthe with good strikes from the mount here!
Bissainthe looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
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!
Bissainthe looking to finish here with some ground and pound. He lands one big shot that has Aingeru covering up... and two more big strikes land, forcing the referee to step in and put and end to proceedings! This fight is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:40 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Toussaint Bissainthe!
Toussaint Bissainthe retains his welterweight title!
Toussaint Bissainthe decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.
Josu Aingeru was interviewed post fight and said 'Thanks for coming..I'll be back'.
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