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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Tony Sparks (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Yimi Yuskevich (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Yimi Yuskevich has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Tony Sparks's chin.
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215 lbs
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221 lbs
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BJJ Brown Belt
Excellent boxer
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BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
12 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Tony Sparks!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Yimi Yuskevich!
The judges for this bout are Radbod Blank, Patrick Alders and Nard Betker.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sparks looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Yuskevich throws the kick towards the body but Sparks avoids it.
Sparks showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Yuskevich.
Sparks moves into range and connects with a jab.
Sparks throws a jab but it's blocked by Yuskevich.
Yuskevich on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Yuskevich misses the shot to the body.
Sparks doesn't manage to clinch there - Yuskevich circles away.
Yuskevich looks to clinch
and Sparks counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Sparks dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Sparks lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Yuskevich looks gassed!
Yuskevich fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Sparks checks it well.
Sparks gets a takedown into half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ground and pound from Sparks.
Yuskevich trying to control but Sparks postures up.
Yuskevich actively working from the bottom here.
Sparks is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Sparks is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Sparks trying to control the action but Yuskevich is working from the bottom.
Sparks stalling.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sparks throwing shots but Yuskevich is blocking nicely.
Sparks not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Sparks looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Yuskevich with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Yuskevich tries to get to full guard but Sparks has control of the leg.
Yuskevich blocking the ground and pound attempt from Sparks.
Sparks is trying to work for a kimura but Yuskevich is defending well.
Sparks sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Yuskevich defending well though.
Sparks sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Yuskevich defending well though.
Sparks is working for a kimura but Yuskevich is defending it quite comfortably.
Yuskevich is trying to get back to full guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sparks is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Yuskevich defends it well.
Sparks throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Sparks connects with a nice short shot to Yuskevich's temple.
Sparks lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Yuskevich wants to get back to his feet.
Yuskevich wants to get back to full guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Yuskevich is trying to stand up here but Sparks is controlling him well.
Sparks is looking for a kimura but Yuskevich is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Sparks to get the leverage.
Sparks is trying to control the action in half guard but Yuskevich is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Yuskevich avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Sparks.
Yuskevich trying to hold on to Sparks's head to control him but Sparks postures up.
Yuskevich keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Sparks closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Sparks throws a strike aimed at the side of Yuskevich's head but Yuskevich avoids it well.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Sparks in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
Sparks wants to control but Yuskevich is keeping him busy.
Sparks is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Yuskevich is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Tony Sparks dominated that round.
That's time! Sparks's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Yuskevich falls off balance throwing a combination
and Sparks counters with a left and a right that stings Yuskevich.
The fighters circling - Yuskevich throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
No luck for Sparks with that takedown attempt.
Sparks misses with a double jab.
Sparks ducks under a wild hook from Yuskevich.
Yuskevich's corner calls for a 1-2. Yuskevich obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Yuskevich is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Sparks with a hook.
Tony Sparks is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A good leg kick by Yuskevich.
A big right from Yuskevich misses.
Yuskevich tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Sparks paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Yuskevich throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Sparks was covering up waiting for the punch and Yuskevich finishes the takedown easily into guard.
Sparks is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Yuskevich is aware though and is defending well.
Yuskevich scoring with some ground and pound.
Sparks is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Yuskevich is aware though and is defending well.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Sparks looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Yuskevich with a flurry of punches that miss.
Yuskevich must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Yuskevich trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Yuskevich working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Sparks tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Yuskevich trying to control the position from guard on top but Sparks is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Yuskevich slips nicely into half guard.
Sparks tries to roll over but Yuskevich keeps him under control.
Yuskevich throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Yuskevich takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Sparks stuffs the takedown attempt from Yuskevich. Yuskevich gets slowly back to his feet.
Yuskevich tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sparks lands with a nice combination. Yuskevich backs away looking to recover.
Sparks throws a one two combo.
Yuskevich takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
The fight stays on the outside here - Yuskevich looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Sparks shoots in for a takedown but Yuskevich shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Sparks moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Sparks fails with the takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Tony Sparks. That's going to take a lot out of him.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Yuskevich looks to clinch
and Sparks counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Sparks fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Yuskevich manages to avoid it.
Sparks lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Sparks throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
enabling Yuskevich to counter with a crisp jab.
Yuskevich takes one to the chin there.
Sparks lands with a hook. Yuskevich tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Yuskevich throws out a loose jab but Sparks uses good head movement to avoid it.
Sparks misses with a takedown attempt - Yuskevich sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Sparks tries to clinch but Yuskevich moves out of range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Tony Sparks dominated that second round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!
Yuskevich uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Sparks.
Sparks moves out of range as Yuskevich strikes.
Yuskevich throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Sparks swinging wildly here.
Sparks moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Yuskevich throws out a loose jab but Sparks uses good head movement to avoid it.
Tony Sparks is winning the standup battle so far.
Sparks throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
It looks like Yimi Yuskevich has been cut.
Yuskevich tries to close the distance and clinch but Sparks swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Sparks closes the distance and pushes Yuskevich back into the cage.
Yuskevich wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sparks breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Sparks tries to score with a low kick but Yuskevich moves his leg out of the way.
Yuskevich misses with a leg kick.
Sparks fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Sparks misses with the combination.
Yuskevich misses with a leg kick
and Sparks counters with a straight right hand.
Sparks misses with a low kick.
Yuskevich avoids the head kick by Sparks.
A jab from Yuskevich misses.
Sparks lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Yuskevich swats away the attempt to clinch by Sparks.
Yuskevich misses with a body punch
and Sparks counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Sparks is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Yuskevich can do to turn this around?
Yuskevich takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Sparks clobbers Yuskevich with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Yuskevich ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Sparks moves away.
Yuskevich is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Sparks's half guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Sparks regains full guard. Nicely done.
Sparks throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Sparks not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Yuskevich trying to control but Sparks is working from the bottom.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sparks is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Sparks trying to control the position.
Sparks manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Yimi Yuskevich has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Yuskevich is not a happy chappy… he wants out of there.
BOOM! Sparks connects with a massive shot to the dome!
A nice elbow there by Sparks.
A nice elbow there by Sparks.
The referee warns Yuskevich that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Yuskevich is trying to escape the mount.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Sparks cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Yuskevich taking shots to the head.
The referee warns Yuskevich that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Sparks looking for an armbar but decides to keep the dominant position instead.
Sparks working for a guillotine from mount but Yuskevich is in no mood to give up.
Tony Sparks is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Yuskevich is in all sorts of trouble here.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Sparks is landing with some decent strikes but Yuskevich is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
You get the feeling that Yuskevich really doesn't like being in this position too much.
And that's the end of the fight!
Tony Sparks showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Sparks 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 Radbod Blank scores the fight 30:26
Judge Patrick Alders scores the fight 30:26
Judge Nard Betker scores the fight 30:26
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Tony Sparks!
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