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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Hojo Yoijimbo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Danilo Alves (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Yoijimbo comes to the cage accompanied by Them Crooked Vultures - Elephants. Hojo Yoijimbo has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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280 lbs
4 - 1 - 0 |
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190 cm
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265 lbs
10 - 7 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Great elbows
KO power |
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Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Powerful |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Hojo Yoijimbo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
10 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Danilo Alves!
The judges for this bout are Felipe Paraventi, Alexandre Firmino and Emerson Jorge.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A head kick misses from Alves.
Yoijimbo fails in his attempt to clinch.
Yoijimbo closes the distance but Alves moves to the side
and Alves counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Yoijimbo doesn't manage to clinch there - Alves circles away.
Yoijimbo attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Alves misses with a jab, cross combination.
Alves throws a right and a left that both miss.
Alves rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Yoijimbo moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Yoijimbo tries to clinch up
and Alves counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Yoijimbo tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Alves manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Alves pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Alves shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Alves showed some decent athleticism there.
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Alves is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Yoijimbo doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Alves.
Alves is looking for the mount but instead finds himself back in full guard.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Alves accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Alves stands up over Yoijimbo, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Yoijimbo wants to stand and escape but Alves is having none of it.
Alves is looking to work some ground and pound but Yoijimbo has wrist control.
Yoijimbo avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Alves loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Yoijimbo is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Alves is controlling him.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Alves accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Alves loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Alves working some strikes from top position.
Yoijimbo working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Alves.
Yoijimbo preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Alves loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Alves has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Yoijimbo preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Alves wants to pass the guard but Yoijimbo is keeping the position.
Alves makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Alves throwing strikes but missing.
Yoijimbo preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Yoijimbo might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Alves throws a big right hand that misses.
Alves pushing down on Yoijimbo's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Alves seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Alves wants to lay and pray for a moment but Yoijimbo keeps working.
Alves is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Alves trying to control from half guard but Yoijimbo is working away.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Alves throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Alves wants to take a breather but Yoijimbo is having none of it.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Alves winds up and cracks Yoijimbo with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Alves with the ground and pound but Yoijimbo uses the opportunity to regain guard.
Yoijimbo working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Alves.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Danilo Alves dominated that 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.
Alves rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Yoijimbo moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
No luck for Alves with that takedown attempt.
Alves throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Yoijimbo tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Alves connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Alves shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Yoijimbo sprawls well. Yoijimbo wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Alves gets slowly back to his feet.
Yoijimbo is looking to clinch.
Yoijimbo is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Danilo Alves seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Alves avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Yoijimbo fails in his attempt to clinch.
Alves throws a right and a left that both miss.
Yoijimbo moves to clinch but Alves breaks away
and Alves counters with a three punch combo that has Yoijimbo backing up. Yoijimbo nods at Alves to acknowledge the strikes.
Yoijimbo leaves Alves with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Hojo Yoijimbo has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Danilo Alves.
Yoijimbo tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Alves paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Alves gets tackled into the cage by Yoijimbo. Yoijimbo maintains the clinch.
Yoijimbo misses with a knee strike.
Yoijimbo throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Alves avoids a wild elbow strike from Yoijimbo.
Alves tries to break free but Yoijimbo pushes him back against the cage.
Alves wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Yoijimbo misses with an elbow over the top.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Yoijimbo is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Alves is defending well for now.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A frustrated look appears on Alves's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Alves managing to block the knees to the body from Yoijimbo.
Yoijimbo tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Alves wants to get back to striking at distance but Yoijimbo won't allow it.
Alves wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Yoijimbo has him pressed against the cage.
Alves wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Yoijimbo prevents the takedown attempt.
Alves blocks an elbow strike from Yoijimbo.
Yoijimbo looks to throw an elbow but misses.
A frustrated look appears on Alves's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Alves wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Yoijimbo connects with a nasty looking knee right to Alves's face.
It looks like Danilo Alves has been cut.
Alves is trying to break free.
Yoijimbo missing with knees to the body.
Yoijimbo lands an elbow inside that Alves shrugs off.
Alves takes an elbow to the forehead.
Alves wants to get back to striking at distance but Yoijimbo won't allow it.
Yoijimbo looking to stall.
Alves is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Yoijimbo taking a breather.
Yoijimbo misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Alves.
Alves goes for a takedown in the clinch but Yoijimbo prevents it.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Yoijimbo.
That has opened up Danilo Alves's cut even more.
Yoijimbo is pressed up against the cage. Alves has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Yoijimbo down to the mat. Yoijimbo avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Alves connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Yoijimbo momentarily.
Yoijimbo tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Alves misses with a straight right.
Yoijimbo blocks a head kick by Alves.
Yoijimbo with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Yoijimbo is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Yoijimbo tries to clinch up.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Alves lands a nice shot that snaps Yoijimbo's head back.
Yoijimbo tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Alves cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Yoijimbo showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Alves.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Yoijimbo tries to clinch there but Alves circles away.
Danilo Alves seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Alves throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Yoijimbo counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Alves takes an elbow to the temple.
Yoijimbo blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Yoijimbo lands a nice elbow.
The cut above Danilo Alves's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Yoijimbo tries to land a knee to the head but Alves blocks with his arms.
Yoijimbo lands a knee to the body.
Alves is breathing heavily.
Yoijimbo using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Alves has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Nice elbow from Yoijimbo.
Danilo Alves's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.
The referee calls the doctor in to look at Danilo Alves's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:59 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Hojo Yoijimbo!
After winning the bout, Hojo Yoijimbo 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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