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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Sergey Objedkov (ranked 758 p4p, 1471 weight class) and Takashi Yoshida (ranked 49 p4p, 87 weight class). Yoshida has chosen Boogeyman by Motörhead as his entrance music. Takashi Yoshida has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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BJJ Red Belt
World class boxer
Cardio machine |
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Good wrestler
World class MT
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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 16 - 13 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Sergey Objedkov!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 31 - 12 - 2, fighting out of Helsinki, Takashi Yoshida!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Sano, Yukihiro Yamamoto and Hirohito Nitta.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A big left from Objedkov misses.
Objedkov misses with a left hand
and Yoshida counters with a low kick, right behind Objedkov 's knee.
Objedkov takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Yoshida turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Yoshida jabbing away but nothing is landing.
A jab from Yoshida finds it's way through Objedkov's defenses.
Yoshida lands a nice leg kick that just misses Objedkov's sensitive parts.
Yoshida throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
It looked like Objedkov wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Objedkov connects with a nice looking jab.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Objedkov.
Nice uppercut there from Objedkov.
Objedkov takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Objedkov fails with a takedown attempt.
Objedkov looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Objedkov tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Yoshida was well out of range. Poor timing from Objedkov.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Yoshida lands with a thumping leg kick.
Yoshida throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Yoshida buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Objedkov misses with a body shot.
Yoshida gets tackled into the cage by Objedkov. Objedkov maintains the clinch.
Objedkov blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Yoshida swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Objedkov turns his back and goes for a hip toss. It's a bit messy but it gets the job done and Objedkov manages to end up in side control.
Objedkov laying and praying for a moment but Yoshida takes advantage and regains half guard.
Yoshida has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Objedkov is working away from the top position though.
Yoshida wants to get back to full guard but Objedkov has passed into side control.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The strikes coming from Objedkov are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
Objedkov throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Objedkov is working Yoshida over with some ground and pound from side control.
Objedkov sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Yoshida is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
Objedkov is pausing for a moment. What's he doing? It looks like he's clearing his nose. Oh dude! He's shot a load of snot all down Yoshida's shoulder. That is not cool.
Yoshida is trying to work for a sweep but Objedkov has mounted him!
Objedkov in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Yoshida in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Objedkov tries to control but Yoshida wriggling away.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Yoshida is trying desperately to improve position.
Objedkov wants to control the pace but Yoshida is squirming around nicely.
Yoshida is trying desperately to improve position.
Objedkov avoids the attempt from Yoshida to control.
Yoshida is wriggling around trying to escape.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Objedkov thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
Yoshida wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Objedkov.
Objedkov trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Objedkov connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Yoshida slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.
Objedkov trying to control from half guard but Yoshida is working away.
Yoshida is looking to improve his position.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Sergey Objedkov dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Yoshida with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Yoshida pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Yoshida throws a body kick that misses.
Yoshida digs a good hook to Objedkov's body.
Objedkov walks into a stiff left hand from Yoshida.
Objedkov shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Yoshida sprawls well. Yoshida wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Objedkov gets slowly back to his feet.
A jab from Yoshida misses.
Objedkov scores with a jab to the body.
Yoshida throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jab from Yoshida.
Objedkov slips under a jab from Yoshida.
Objedkov was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Yoshida misses with a wild body shot.
Objedkov checks a leg kick.
Objedkov was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Objedkov waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Yoshida.
Objedkov takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Yoshida lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Objedkov shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Yoshida manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
Yoshida keeping moving, preventing Objedkov from controlling successfully.
Objedkov is looking to pass into half guard but Yoshida pushes him away with his feet and jumps on top - now Yoshida is in guard.
Objedkov looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Objedkov pulls Yoshida in close to prevent any damage.
Yoshida looking to sit in guard and control but Objedkov gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Objedkov looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Yoshida utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Objedkov throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Yoshida works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Objedkov tries to free his leg and advance position but Yoshida is retaining full guard.
Objedkov controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Yoshida not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Objedkov postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Yoshida has his foot on Objedkov's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Objedkov works his way back into a safe position though.
Sergey Objedkov overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Objedkov sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Yoshida's guard.
Objedkov is working for a submission of some sort.
Yoshida is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Objedkov's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Objedkov's back!
Yoshida has the hooks in. Objedkov is trying to push off one leg but he has to do so cautiously to avoid being submitted.
Yoshida has good solid back control here.
Objedkov is trying to break free.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Yoshida is riding his opponent, not letting Objedkov buck him off.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Takashi Yoshida showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare each other down, ready to get back to the action. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!
Yoshida is looking to slow Objedkov down with leg kicks.
Yoshida tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Objedkov was well out of range. Poor timing from Yoshida.
Objedkov closes this distance looking for a takedown but Yoshida circles away.
Objedkov fails with an attempt to clinch.
Objedkov tries to close the distance and clinch up but Yoshida swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Objedkov is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Objedkov misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Yoshida.
Objedkov throws out a loose jab but Yoshida uses good head movement to avoid it.
Objedkov has his takedown stuffed
and Yoshida counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Jab from Yoshida.
Nice defenses there by Objedkov.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Objedkov shoots in for a double leg but Yoshida sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Sergey Objedkov. That's going to take a lot out of him.
A nice inside leg kick there by Yoshida. That's going to slow Objedkov down.
Objedkov changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Yoshida tries to avoid it but Objedkov manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Yoshida to the ground. Yoshida escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Yoshida misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Yoshida throws a good cross that connects.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Objedkov avoids the body shot from Yoshida.
Objedkov shoots in for a takedown but Yoshida shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Yoshida wants to slow Objedkov down by chopping away at his legs.
A nice inside leg kick there by Yoshida. That's going to slow Objedkov down.
Decent striking displayed by Yoshida there.
Takashi Yoshida is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Objedkov shoots in for a takedown but Yoshida shows good takedown defense.
Objedkov slips a straight right by Yoshida.
Yoshida tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Objedkov is able to avoid easily.
Objedkov fails with the takedown
and Objedkov takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
An inside leg kick lands from Yoshida.
Objedkov walks into a stiff left hand from Yoshida.
Objedkov lands a right hook to the body.
Objedkov misses with a right hand
and Yoshida counters with a nice low kick that buckles Objedkov's knee momentarily.
Objedkov slips under a jab from Yoshida.
Objedkov is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Yoshida looks to land a left hand but Objedkov moved out of range nicely.
Yoshida has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Yoshida is looking to score with low kicks.
Objedkov shoots in but no luck this time.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A punch lands to the side of Yoshida 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Objedkov!
Yoshida tries to sprawl but Objedkov drives through with a takedown into half guard.
Yoshida slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Objedkov scoring with some ground and pound.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Objedkov looking to sit in guard and control but Yoshida gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Objedkov has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Yoshida can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Objedkov working a defensive guard but Yoshida manages to pass into side control anyway.
Objedkov tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Objedkov is looking to slip a leg under and get half guard but Yoshida is one step ahead and moves to full mount!
Yoshida tries to control but Objedkov wriggling away.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Yoshida prevents Objedkov from getting the reversal.
Objedkov is controlling an arm, preventing Yoshida from taking his back. Although keeping him in mount is no better to be honest.
Objedkov gets back to half guard.
Still in half guard, Yoshida seems content to control.
Objedkov wants to get back to full guard.
Objedkov looking for subs from the bottom but Yoshida mounts him!
And that's the end of the fight!
Takashi Yoshida comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Yoshida has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Shigeki Sano scores the fight 28:29
Judge Yukihiro Yamamoto scores the fight 28:29
Judge Hirohito Nitta scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Takashi Yoshida!
Takashi Yoshida thanked the fans post fight for their support.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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