Post by The Sandmen on Apr 27, 2015 9:04:24 GMT -5
ManMMA Lightweight Championship
Michael Chandler is beating himself up in the corner before the fight begins, smacking himself in the face, body and legs to get ready for his scrap.
Shinya Aoki raises his fists in his corner. He seems confident.
And here we go with the title fight!
This is the first time they meet inside the cage
A pretty fair match today. I can't say who will be the one who will be raising his fist after the match.
The referee of the bout is Herb Dean.
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Round 1
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The fight gets underway.
The clock says 0:10 in the 1 round
Aoki and Chandler circle around the center of the cage.
Chandler grabs his opponent by the waist and tries to take the fight to the ground
Great takedown by Michael Chandler
Michael Chandler is in open guard over Aoki
Chandler is in open guard over Aoki... he fakes a move and then tries a kneebar!
Aoki rolls on the ground trying to get free and after a few kicks of his own he escapes.
Aoki climbs to his feet and is standing now.
Aoki is standing while Chandler is on the ground on his back
Michael Chandler seems fresh. He may still have a lot of gas in his tank.
Michael Chandler kicks his legs trying to keep Shinya Aoki away.
No damage done by those kicks.
Herb Dean halts the fight to stand up Michael Chandler. The fight resumes with both fighters standing.
Chandler climbs to his feet and is standing now.
The clock says 0:50 in the 1 round
Aoki is holding Michael Chandler's right leg... He's trying to take him down.
Michael Chandler loses balance and goes to the ground.
Shinya Aoki is in side mount over Michael Chandler
Good looking punches from Shinya Aoki on the ground
They could take their toll on Chandler.
Shinya Aoki is in side mount over Michael Chandler
Shinya Aoki is a submission wizard. He has forgotten more BJJ than most fighters have learned.
Shinya Aoki tries to get his opponent's head in some sort of lock!
Crippling lock!
Chandler struggles and pushes his opponent forward. Both fighters breathe hard as they climb to their feet.
Both fighters continue the fight on their feet. You can hear how the people agree with that decision.
Pulverizing punch to Aoki's head!
Aoki slips the punch.
Michael Chandler gets sloppy and Shinya Aoki tries to take advantage...
Shinya Aoki leans forwards and tries to grapple with Chandler
Aoki shows his clinching skills. Both fighters are clinching now.
The fighters are clinching.
Chandler pushes Shinya Aoki againts the fence and begin a relentless combination of punches. The crowd is on it's feet!
Aoki tries to block Michael Chandler punches...
Both fighters are tied in a clinch.
Michael Chandler tries to control Shinya Aoki in the clinch and use his dirty boxing
Chandler pushes the back of Shinya Aoki's head with one hand and punches his head a few times with the other, that surely hurts him
Both fighters are tied in a clinch.
Chandler takes a break to breathe while holding Shinya Aoki.
Herb Dean separates the fighters and tells them to continue fighting.
Michael Chandler just won't stop and continues to rain punches
Aoki may be in trouble!
The clock says 2:15 in the 1 round
Shinya Aoki takes a few seconds to recover his breath...
The clock says 2:25 in the 1 round
Low kick by Michael Chandler to maintain his distance.
That hits Shinya Aoki's ankle
Chandler looks for angles as he throws a few jabs that are countered by Shinya Aoki's punches
Both fighters are wildly hitting the air!
Aoki is holding Michael Chandler's left leg... He's trying to take him down.
Michael Chandler loses balance and goes to the ground.
Shinya Aoki is in side mount over Michael Chandler
Michael Chandler launches a few punches to Aoki's cheek from the guard.
Those punches sure are annoying because Aoki tries to cover his face,
Shinya Aoki is in side mount over Michael Chandler
Stand up! This is what Chandler's cornermen are shouting. Shinya Aoki is a submission master and he can finish the fight if you mess with him on the ground.
Aoki works on the ground with his fingers over Chandler's face
He seems to have encountered the eye! What a classless move!
Herb Dean didn't see that!
Shinya Aoki is in side mount over Michael Chandler
Chandler measures the resilience of Aoki's ribs with a couple of big punches from guard.
Aoki blocks the hits as he works on the ground.
Chandler misses a step and Shinya Aoki sees an opportunity to counter him!
Shinya Aoki looks to pass to mount...
Aoki slides his knee across and achieves the mount position! Tough spot for Michael Chandler.
The clock says 3:35 in the 1 round
Shinya Aoki is in full mount over Michael Chandler
Michael Chandler launches a few punches to Aoki's cheek from the guard.
Shinya Aoki uses his head to cover the punches and presses his skull forward.
Shinya Aoki is in full mount over Michael Chandler
Shinya Aoki positions himself and launches a barrage of punches.
Shinya Aoki is in full mount and his punches are hitting hard Chandler's abdomen
Shinya Aoki is in full mount over Michael Chandler
Michael Chandler launches a few punches to Aoki's cheek from the guard.
Shinya Aoki uses his head to cover the punches and presses his skull forward.
Chandler misses a step and Shinya Aoki sees an opportunity to counter him!
Shinya Aoki tries to better his position on the ground...
Michael Chandler tries to roll on the ground...
The clock says 4:10 in the 1 round
Michael Chandler is in closed guard over Aoki
Michael Chandler looks to posture up and open Shinya Aoki's guard...
Michael Chandler forces Shinya Aoki to open his guard.
Michael Chandler is in open guard over Aoki
Chandler launches a barrage of elbows over Aoki's face!
Those elbows may finish the fight soon if Aoki doesn't fight back!
Michael Chandler is in open guard over Aoki
Aoki reaches under and rolls for a kneebar!
Aoki is locking that Kneebar...
Chandler blocks the attempt and uses the opportunity to seize half guard.
Michael Chandler is in half guard over Aoki
Shinya Aoki slides his legs high and tries to apply a triangle!
Aoki is locking that Triangle...
Michael Chandler lifts his opponent from the ground displaying great power! And down he goes!
Shinya Aoki doesn't break the lock and Michael Chandler is running out of time!
Punishing hold!
Michael Chandler lifts his opponent from the ground displaying great power! And down he goes!
Shinya Aoki doesn't break the lock and Michael Chandler is running out of time!
Michael Chandler cuts to the side and manages to pass to side mount!
Michael Chandler is in half guard over Aoki
Aoki moves to high guard and tries to close an armbar!
Michael Chandler breaks the lock, rolls on the ground and stands up quickly.
Herb Dean halts the fight to stand up Shinya Aoki. The fight resumes with both fighters standing.
Both fighters have climbed to their feet and they continue the fight standing. The people who are watching this in Arena Riga (Riga, Latvia) are cheering for the fighters.
Herb Dean tells the fighters to go to their corners as the round is over.
That was a close round.
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Round 2
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Incredible haymaker from Michael Chandler!
It misses by a mile.
Shinya Aoki fakes a punch and launches himself over Michael Chandler
Great move by Aoki who pushes his opponent under a troublesome thai clinch
The fighters are clinching.
Aoki gets himself into good position and looks to change levels for the takedown...
Michael Chandler doesn't let Shinya Aoki get in on his legs.
Poorly executed technique. Michael Chandler looks to counter!
Chandler is holding Shinya Aoki's left leg... He's trying to take him down.
Shinya Aoki loses balance and goes to the ground.
Michael Chandler is in side mount over Shinya Aoki
Chandler shows no signs of slowing down. He's in great shape.
Michael Chandler hooks Aoki's right leg and sits back for a kneebar!
Shinya Aoki manages to kick Chandler away and scrambles on top!
Shinya Aoki is in open guard over Chandler
Shinya Aoki tries to finish with a leg lock!
Chandler is able to break the lock.
Chandler tries to get some advantage after his opponent miss move...
Chandler tries to close his guard around Aoki
He succeeds!
The clock says 1:05 in the 2 round
Shinya Aoki is in closed guard over Chandler
Aoki is getting frustrated here.
Shinya Aoki is in closed guard over Chandler
As the fight continues it seems that Michael Chandler is taking the best of the fight.
Aoki is in closed guard... Chandler tries to roll on the ground!
Shinya Aoki uses his leg to keep his position on the ground
Michael Chandler gets sloppy and Shinya Aoki tries to take advantage...
Aoki struggles on the ground and tries to break Michael Chandler's guard...
Chandler doesn't want to free his opponent and Aoki continues in closed guard
Shinya Aoki is in closed guard over Chandler
Michael Chandler isolates an arm in a kimura attempt!
Aoki blocks the hold and uses the opportunity to pass Chandler's guard.
Shinya Aoki is in half guard over Chandler
Aoki is a savvy submission specialist. It's an honor just to watch him work on the ground.
Good looking punches from Shinya Aoki on the ground
They could take their toll on Chandler.
Shinya Aoki is in half guard over Chandler
Aoki tries to get a side mount...
Chandler wraps his leg around Shinya Aoki leg and prevents him from moving.
Aoki misses a step and Michael Chandler sees an opportunity to counter him!
Michael Chandler launches a few punches to Aoki's cheek from the guard.
Shinya Aoki uses his head to cover the punches and presses his skull forward.
Shinya Aoki is in half guard over Chandler
Aoki shifts to north-south position and tries to finish with a lock!
Chandler pushes Shinya Aoki forward against his back and breaks the lock!
Herb Dean has seen enough passivity on the ground and stands up the fighters.
Both fighters have climbed to their feet and they continue the fight standing. The people who are watching this in Arena Riga (Riga, Latvia) are cheering for the fighters.
The clock says 2:00 in the 2 round
Chandler is holding Shinya Aoki's left leg... He's trying to take him down.
Shinya Aoki shows great balance while pushing away Michael Chandler
Chandler clumsily fails here and it's time for Shinya Aoki to fight back!
Aoki wants to take the fight to his advantage and tries to clinch.
Aoki moves forward and holds Chandler
Both fighters are tied in a clinch.
Aoki pushes his opponent down and launches a heavy knee to his head in an unorthodox move...
Wow! Big hit towards Michael Chandler's face!
Michael Chandler tries a hook to the body
and hits Aoki ribs hard
Chandler is holding Shinya Aoki's right leg... He's trying to take him down.
Shinya Aoki loses balance and goes to the ground.
The clock says 2:50 in the 2 round
Michael Chandler is in side mount over Shinya Aoki
You have to give credit to the match-maker for putting on such an even fight.
Michael Chandler looks to mount Shinya Aoki...
Michael Chandler slides his knee across and gets to mount.
Michael Chandler is in full mount over Shinya Aoki
Deep breaths from Shinya Aoki who tries a hammer punch to Chandler's ribs.
Chandler blocks those punches
Michael Chandler is in full mount over Shinya Aoki
Aoki tries to escape from the full mount...
Michael Chandler is not caught off guard and moves to side mount to keep his superior position.
The clock says 3:25 in the 2 round
Michael Chandler is in side mount over Shinya Aoki
Shinya Aoki attempts to trap Michael Chandler in his guard.
Shinya Aoki manages to switch to half guard.
Michael Chandler is in half guard over Aoki
Chandler tries to get a side mount...
He frees his leg and is now controlling Aoki from the side mount!
Michael Chandler is in side mount over Shinya Aoki
Shinya Aoki attempts to trap Michael Chandler in his guard.
Michael Chandler keeps control and remains in side mount.
The clock says 4:00 in the 2 round
Michael Chandler is in side mount over Shinya Aoki
Shinya Aoki attempts to trap Michael Chandler in his guard.
Michael Chandler keeps control and remains in side mount.
Michael Chandler is in side mount over Shinya Aoki
Shinya Aoki attempts to trap Michael Chandler in his guard.
Michael Chandler keeps control and remains in side mount.
The clock says 4:20 in the 2 round
Michael Chandler is in side mount over Shinya Aoki
Michael Chandler goes for an americana!
Aoki breaks free.
Chandler misses a step and Shinya Aoki sees an opportunity to counter him!
Shinya Aoki attempts to trap Michael Chandler in his guard.
Michael Chandler keeps control and remains in side mount.
Herb Dean stands the fighters up due to a lack of activity.
Both fighters continue the fight on their feet. You can hear how the people agree with that decision.
Chandler fakes a punch and shoots a takedown!
Aoki sprawls and remains on his feet.
Aoki tries to get some advantage after his opponent miss move...
Shinya Aoki fakes a punch and launches himself over Michael Chandler
Great move by Aoki who pushes his opponent under a troublesome thai clinch
The fighters are clinching.
Michael Chandler grapple with Shinya Aoki and tries a Outer Leg Sweep
Aoki manage to maintain his balances and avoid the takedown
Aoki doesn't want to clinch as he ducks under Michael Chandler embrace and tries to move away...
Nice move from Aoki who put distance between them
Brilliant combination from Michael Chandler
Aoki is showing some dodging skills avoiding that ones.
Michael Chandler tries to bring the fight to the ground
Aoki won't budge, forcing Chandler to pull guard.
Herb Dean separates the fighters as the round concludes. The fighters shake hands as they head back to their corners.
You have to give that round to Michael Chandler.
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Round 3
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Shovel hook by Michael Chandler
goes nowhere.
The clock says 0:20 in the 3 round
Michael Chandler attempts a sweep single...
Shinya Aoki was ready and shrugs off the takedown attempt.
The clock says 0:30 in the 3 round
Michael Chandler shoots for a double leg takedown!
Shinya Aoki sprawls and manages to stay on his feet.
Aoki is trying to counter now!
Shinya Aoki shoots for a double leg takedown!
Michael Chandler sprawls and manages to stay on his feet.
Chandler has a high cardio that helps him make great performances.
Chandler begins to launch a barrage of punches over Aoki
Shinya Aoki is smart enough to duck backwards
The clock says 0:45 in the 3 round
Michael Chandler shoots for a double leg takedown!
Shinya Aoki sprawls and manages to stay on his feet.
The two exchange wildly
Both fighters are missing terribly.
A right hand from Michael Chandler
gets deflected.
Chandler clumsily fails here and it's time for Shinya Aoki to fight back!
Aoki tries some clinching in order to control the fight...
Well done. Aoki is clinching with Chandler.
Both fighters are tied in a clinch.
Chandler grab one of Shinya Aoki's arm and tries a Hip Throw
Aoki done well to maintain his balances and avoid going down
Both fighters are tied in a clinch.
Shinya Aoki shoots and grab both of Michael Chandler's leg, attempting to take him down with a Double Leg
Aoki lifted Chandler's off his feet and throws him on the mat
Shinya Aoki is in open guard over Chandler
Shinya Aoki tries to finish with a leg lock!
Chandler struggles to free himself
You can see the pain reflected in Chandler's eyes...
Chandler struggles to free himself
That leglock from Shinya Aoki appears to be unbreakable
Chandler hyper-extended his left leg
Chandler struggles to free himself
That leglock from Shinya Aoki appears to be unbreakable
That leglock from Shinya Aoki appears to be unbreakable
Chandler is able to break the lock.
Shinya Aoki is in open guard over Chandler
Shinya Aoki tries to finish with a leg lock!
Chandler struggles to free himself
You can see the pain reflected in Chandler's eyes...
That leglock from Shinya Aoki appears to be unbreakable
Chandler is able to break the lock.
Shinya Aoki is in open guard over Chandler
Shinya Aoki pushes Michael Chandler against the fence and then tries to improve his position.
Michael Chandler struggles not allowing Shinya Aoki improve his position.
Aoki clumsily fails here and it's time for Michael Chandler to fight back!
Chandler measures the resilience of Aoki's ribs with a couple of big punches from guard.
Aoki blocks the hits as he works on the ground.
The clock says 2:10 in the 3 round
Shinya Aoki is in open guard over Chandler
Shinya Aoki is cooling the fight on the ground
Shinya Aoki is in open guard over Chandler
Shinya Aoki tries to finish with a leg lock!
Chandler hyper-extended his left leg
Crippling lock!
Punishing hold!
That leglock from Shinya Aoki appears to be unbreakable
Punishing hold!
Chandler struggles to free himself
Aoki secures the lock while Michael Chandler refuses to tap... Herb Dean jumps in and breaks the lock!
Winner is Shinya Aoki by Submission (leglock) at 2:25 Round 3
Statistics: Michael Chandler
Punches 7/24 (29%)
Kicks 1/1 (100%)
Clinch strikes 3/7 (43%)
Takedowns 3/10 (30%)
GnP strikes 5/21 (24%)
Submissions 4/4 (100%)
Clinch Attempts 0/0 (0%)
Time on the ground 390 s
Statistics: Shinya Aoki
Punches 3/6 (50%)
Kicks 0/0 (0%)
Clinch strikes 2/2 (100%)
Takedowns 2/3 (67%)
GnP strikes 8/11 (73%)
Submissions 9/9 (100%)
Clinch Attempts 3/3 (100%)
Time on the ground 380 s
Shinya Aoki wins the Lightweight title!
These two are both SOOOO good. Were it not for Aoki's legit subs (and presumably Chandler's mediocre sub defence) this could have gone the distance. Both were landing back and forth damage (despite what stats imply), both were absorbing it since both are tough as hell, and it was not until Aoki got the string of deep submission chains going late in the fight that either man's health was touched in any meaningful way - despite effective out-put before that.