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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Europha Emanuel (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ken Yoshida (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Emanuel kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is I'm Not Jesus - Apocalyptica. Both fighters look pumped up here. Let's hope this is a good fight!
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27
163 lbs
18 - 11 - 0 |
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177 cm
29
161 lbs
15 - 14 - 0 |
Abu Dhabi Champ
Dangerous knees
Granite chin |
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Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Solid chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
18 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Europha Emanuel!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
15 - 14 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Ken Yoshida!
The judges for this bout are Edson Gomes, Thiago Cunha and Daniel Cesar.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Yoshida throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Emanuel tries to clinch there but Yoshida circles away.
Yoshida throws a head kick but Emanuel moves out of range.
Emanuel takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
No joy there for Yoshida, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Emanuel tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Yoshida manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Yoshida slips a straight right by Emanuel.
Emanuel scores with a jab to the head.
Yoshida throws a low kick, looking for Emanuel's leg but Emanuel calmly moves out of range.
Emanuel stuns Yoshida with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Yoshida ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Yoshida's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Emanuel connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Yoshida scrambles back to his feet.
Yoshida tries to land a front kick but Emanuel steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Yoshida throws a right and a left that both miss.
Emanuel is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Yoshida.
Emanuel is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Yoshida misses with a straight right.
Emanuel stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Europha Emanuel seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Yoshida comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Emanuel blocks a leg kick.
Emanuel rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Yoshida counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Yoshida avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Emanuel throws a big shot that misses.
Emanuel swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Yoshida misses with a head kick.
Emanuel's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Yoshida connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Emanuel scrambles back to his feet.
Emanuel avoids a punch combination nicely.
Emanuel fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Yoshida on the side of the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Emanuel is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Emanuel scores with a jab to the head.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Yoshida.
Emanuel misses with the combination.
Yoshida misses with a head kick.
Emanuel staying out of range there.
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!
Yoshida looks to score with a jab to the body but Emanuel is just out of range.
Yoshida lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Emanuel misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Yoshida.
Emanuel pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Emanuel fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Emanuel moves in looking to clinch but Yoshida pushes him off.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Emanuel connects with a looping right hand.
Emanuel tries to clinch up but Yoshida circles away and keeps his distance.
Yoshida ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Emanuel moves away.
Emanuel avoids the head kick by Yoshida.
Yoshida throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Emanuel tries to close the distance and clinch up but Yoshida swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Yoshida avoids the body shot from Emanuel.
Emanuel is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Yoshida.
Emanuel lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Emanuel cracks a nice hook into Yoshida's ribs.
Yoshida uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Emanuel.
Nice jab there from Emanuel.
Yoshida keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Emanuel.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Emanuel tries to clinch but Yoshida is having none of it.
Yoshida clinches with his opponent.
A nice right hand lands inside from Emanuel.
Yoshida is trying to stall.
Emanuel tries a body shot but Yoshida blocks it.
Emanuel tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Emanuel working Yoshida over with knees to the body.
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!
Emanuel cracks Yoshida with a nice body shot.
A shot in the inside from Emanuel.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Yoshida.
Yoshida tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Emanuel avoids it.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Emanuel managing to block the knees to the body from Yoshida.
Emanuel tries to throw a body punch but Yoshida avoids it by throwing Emanuel back against the cage.
Yoshida stalling in the clinch but Emanuel improves position.
Emanuel tries to land knees in the clinch but Yoshida avoids the damage to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Europha Emanuel dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Emanuel throws an overhand right that lands on Yoshida's shoulder, as Yoshida tries to avoid the shot.
Yoshida moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Yoshida displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Emanuel throws out the jab.
Emanuel misses with a double jab.
Yoshida staying out of range there.
Yoshida ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Emanuel moves away.
Emanuel misses with a hook. Yoshida ducked under it nicely.
Emanuel takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Yoshida ducks right into an uppercut from Emanuel.
Yoshida steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Emanuel.
Emanuel misses with a looping right.
Emanuel scores with a crisp jab that stopped Yoshida in his tracks.
Yoshida swings for the body but Emanuel moves out of range.
Yoshida thows a body shot but no joy.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Yoshida takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Emanuel is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
A punch combination from Yoshida misses.
Yoshida lands with a right hand.
Europha Emanuel is winning the standup battle so far.
Yoshida gets tackled into the cage by Emanuel. Emanuel maintains the clinch.
Emanuel misses with a hook from the clinch.
Emanuel lands a right hand.
A hook to the body from Emanuel.
Emanuel misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Yoshida is trying to stall.
A right hand to the body from Emanuel.
Yoshida is trying to stall.
Emanuel stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Yoshida is breathing heavily.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Yoshida on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Yoshida trying to control the position but instead, Emanuel has worked for underhooks and has pushed Yoshida into the cage.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Emanuel creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Emanuel putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Yoshida in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Emanuel lands a damaging elbow.
It looks like Ken Yoshida has been cut.
Emanuel pushes Yoshida back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Emanuel lands with a short head shot on the inside.
A shot in the inside from Emanuel.
Emanuel tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A hook to the body from Emanuel.
Emanuel lands a right hand that snaps the head of Yoshida backwards.
Emanuel using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Emanuel lands an elbow inside.
Emanuel landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Yoshida managing to block the knees to the body from Emanuel.
Emanuel digs a right hand into Yoshida's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Yoshida's gas tank.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Yoshida trying to stall but Emanuel improves his position.
Emanuel throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Emanuel trying to land knees to the body.
Emanuel tries to land knees in the clinch but Yoshida avoids the damage to the body.
Europha Emanuel has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Emanuel holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Emanuel lands a good knee to the midsection. Yoshida won't want to take too many of those.
Yoshida is trying to maintain a safe position but Emanuel gets an underhook and turns Yoshida into the cage.
Emanuel using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Yoshida prevents a body shot from Emanuel.
Emanuel lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Yoshida blocks an elbow strike.
Emanuel lands a nice elbow.
That has opened up Ken Yoshida's cut even more.
Emanuel unloads a knee to the mid-section. Yoshida lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Emanuel cracks Yoshida with a nice body shot.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Yoshida takes a knee to the side of the body.
Emanuel crunches a lovely knee into Yoshida's ribcage.
Emanuel is leaning against Yoshida and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Emanuel presses Yoshida against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Emanuel misses with a hook to the ribs.
Emanuel is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Yoshida can do to turn this around?
A nice glancing elbow lands by Emanuel.
Emanuel misses with a punch to the body.
Yoshida throws a knee to the head but misses.
Emanuel lands an elbow just above Yoshida 's eye.
A right handed body shot lands from Emanuel.
Emanuel scores with a shoulder strike.
Knees to the body from Emanuel.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Emanuel can't find room to land a body shot as Yoshida controls the action.
Emanuel lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Emanuel tries to throw a body punch but Yoshida avoids it by throwing Emanuel back against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Europha Emanuel dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Ken Yoshida's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!
Yoshida walks into a left hand.
Yoshida throws a half hearted mid kick.
Yoshida throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Yoshida swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Yoshida takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Emanuel works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Emanuel lands a jab-cross combination.
Yoshida throws a right and a left that Emanuel avoids nicely.
Emanuel fails with an attempt to clinch.
Yoshida misses with a shot to the body
and Emanuel counters by moving into the clinch.
Emanuel lands with a left to the head.
Emanuel misses with a hook to the ribs.
Yoshida takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Emanuel gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Yoshida.
A body shot lands from Emanuel.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Emanuel putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Yoshida in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Emanuel working Yoshida over with knees to the body.
Nice body punch from Emanuel - that landed with a thud.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Emanuel trying to land knees to the body.
Emanuel working some nice short punches in the clinch.
A short left from Emanuel.
Emanuel scores with a hook to the body.
A hook to the body from Emanuel.
Emanuel landing knees to the body.
Emanuel landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Emanuel scores with a hook to the body.
Emanuel lands a body punch.
Emanuel lands a knee to the head.
A short body shot lands from Emanuel as the two fighters clinch.
A right hook to the body lands for Emanuel.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Emanuel takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Emanuel.
Emanuel lands a good knee to the midsection. Yoshida won't want to take too many of those.
Emanuel lands an elbow just above Yoshida 's eye.
Emanuel creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Yoshida's defenses.
The cut above Ken Yoshida's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Emanuel can't find room to land a body shot as Yoshida controls the action.
Emanuel lands a body punch.
Knees to the body from Emanuel.
Emanuel lands a nice shot to the body.
Emanuel lands an elbow just above Yoshida 's eye.
Ken Yoshida's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.
Yoshida avoiding damage as Emanuel throws knees to the body.
Emanuel softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Emanuel landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
A nice left hand lands by Emanuel.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Emanuel digs a right hand into Yoshida's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Yoshida's gas tank.
A body shot lands from Emanuel.
Emanuel struggles to land a body shot inside as Yoshida controls his hands.
Emanuel lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
The referee calls the doctor in to look at Ken Yoshida's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:28 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Europha Emanuel!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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