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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Takeshi Yuudai (ranked 3078 p4p, 2602 weight class) and Greg Draws (ranked 141 p4p, 0 weight class). Greg Draws will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.
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Good takedowns
Basic striking
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BJJ White Belt
Great elbows
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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 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Takeshi Yuudai!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Greg Draws!
The judges for this bout are Santiago Holmes, Michael Johnstone and Bart Greer.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Draws tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Draws misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Yuudai.
A bone on bone clash there as Draws blocks the leg kick.
Yuudai fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Draws misses the shot to the body.
Yuudai could do with losing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Yuudai tries to close the distance and clinch up but Draws swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Draws slips a jab from Yuudai.
Draws throws out a counter right but Yuudai avoids it with no problem.
Draws checks a low kick from Yuudai.
A nice side step and Draws releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Yuudai looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Draws is fending him off so far but Yuudai persists. Nope, Draws circles away and we're back to standing.
Yuudai uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Draws.
Draws bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Yuudai moves away from the strike by Draws.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Draws slips a jab from Yuudai.
Draws fails to land with a series of punches.
Yuudai throws a chopping leg kick but Draws manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Draws misses with a hook. Yuudai ducked under it nicely.
Yuudai lands with a thumping leg kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Draws checks a leg kick.
Horrible takedown attempt by Yuudai or perhaps it was just good defense by Draws, which made it look bad.
Draws is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Yuudai with a body shot.
Yuudai fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Takeshi Yuudai. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Yuudai throws a lazy uppercut
and Draws counters with a nice uppercut.
Draws misses with a wild body shot.
Draws misses with a wild body shot.
Yuudai drops down looking for a counter takedown but Draws sprawls and moves away.
Draws looks to score with a jab to the body but Yuudai is just out of range.
Yuudai throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Draws's waist but Draws gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Yuudai off to one side.
Draws steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Yuudai.
Draws throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Yuudai sees it coming and avoids it easily.
The fighters circling - Draws throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Yuudai tries to clinch but Draws is having none of it.
Draws swings and misses with a hook to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Draws takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Yuudai tries for a takedown but Draws sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Draws displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Yuudai.
Draws is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Yuudai with a body shot.
Yuudai tries to score a power double leg takedown but Draws sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Yuudai somewhat.
Draws appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Draws checks a leg kick.
Draws is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
Takeshi Yuudai seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Yuudai tries to close the distance and clinch but Draws swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Yuudai looks for a takedown but Draws sprawls well.
Yuudai bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Yuudai moves away from the strike by Draws.
Yuudai scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
You can see the frustration on Draws's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Yuudai works to advance to full mount. Draws defends for a few seconds but eventually he succumbs.
Yuudai controlling the position easily from mount.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Draws can do anything to dispel that myth.
Yuudai thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
Yuudai looking to control and managing it successfully.
Draws tries to hold on but Yuudai pushes him away.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Draws has left one of his arms exposed and Yuudai doesn't need a second invitation. He's isolated it and locked on a tight armbar. Draws screams and taps out, obviously in a lot of pain. Hopefully there isn't permanent damage to that arm.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:25 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Takeshi Yuudai!
After winning the bout, Takeshi Yuudai thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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