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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Yakin Sanjimoto (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tatsuya Kimura (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kimura has chosen Inner Light by Shocking Lemon as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Fingers crossed for an exciting fight - I'm sure both fighters are looking for a nice under the table bonus!
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194 lbs
8 - 8 - 1 |
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196 lbs
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Powerful takedowns
Excellent boxer
Very quick |
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BJJ Purple Belt
Good kicks
Granite chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
8 - 8 - 1, fighting out of Tokyo, Yakin Sanjimoto!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
19 - 12 - 1, fighting out of Tokyo, Tatsuya Kimura!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Shimada, Tatsuya Matsuyama and Sosuke Kotani.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kimura throws a low kick but it's checked well by Sanjimoto.
Sanjimoto darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Kimura uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Sanjimoto.
Kimura throws a solid leg kick but Sanjimoto takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Kimura.
A looping hook to the body misses from Sanjimoto. Kimura does a little dance to reset his feet.
Sanjimoto tries to bum rush Kimura with a series of wild strikes but Kimura uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Sanjimoto throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
A punch combination from Sanjimoto misses.
Sanjimoto throws a poor cross that misses
and Kimura finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
Kimura staying out of range there.
Kimura throws a nice inside leg kick.
Kimura tries to clinch but Sanjimoto is having none of it.
Kimura scoring well with a low kick there.
Sanjimoto lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Sanjimoto misses with a straight left.
Sanjimoto punishes Kimura's body with a nice straight punch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sanjimoto throws a one two combo.
Kimura does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Sanjimoto misses with an uppercut
and Kimura counters with a thumping low kick.
Kimura just misses with a punch to the body.
Kimura takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Sanjimoto lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Sanjimoto misses with a straight left.
Sanjimoto throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Sanjimoto avoids the body shot from Kimura.
Kimura uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Sanjimoto.
Sanjimoto avoids a kick to the body.
Kimura throws a body punch but Sanjimoto moves out of range.
Good shot there by Sanjimoto.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kimura throws a low kick but it's checked well by Sanjimoto.
A decent looking cross lands there for Sanjimoto.
Kimura misses the shot to the body.
Kimura blocks a jab.
Sanjimoto rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Kimura counters with a nice low kick that buckles Sanjimoto's knee momentarily.
A punch combination from Sanjimoto misses.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Kimura throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Kimura on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Sanjimoto moves out of range of the leg kick from Kimura.
Kimura jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Sanjimoto connects with a body shot.
Kimura swings for the body but Sanjimoto moves out of range.
Sanjimoto swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Sanjimoto misses with a body shot.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kimura doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Kimura tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Sanjimoto was well out of range. Poor timing from Kimura.
Kimura ducks under a wild hook from Sanjimoto.
Sanjimoto throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Kimura.
Sanjimoto throws a right and a left that both miss.
Kimura needs to keep his hands up - Sanjimoto had a free shot at his head there.
Yakin Sanjimoto seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Sanjimoto thows a left - swing and a miss!
A looping hook to the body misses from Sanjimoto. Kimura does a little dance to reset his feet.
Sanjimoto connects with a looping right hand.
Sanjimoto throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Sanjimoto throws a right and a left that both miss.
Sanjimoto misses with a left hand
and Kimura counters with a straight right hand.
Sanjimoto works the jab nicely.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sanjimoto feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Kimuras jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Sloppy strikes from Sanjimoto. Those never looked like landing.
Kimura swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Sanjimoto counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Sanjimoto gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Kimura.
Kimura throws a leg kick that is checked
and Sanjimoto counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Kimura thinking.
Sanjimoto misses with a wild combination.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Sanjimoto jabs Kimura to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Kimura fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Sanjimoto manages to avoid it.
A swing and a miss from Sanjimoto.
Sanjimoto cracks Kimura with an open hand slap.
Kimura throws a half hearted mid kick.
Sanjimoto misses with a double jab.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Kimura finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Sanjimoto throws a series of strikes that have Kimura backpedaling.
Kimura misses the shot to the body.
Sloppy strikes from Sanjimoto. Those never looked like landing.
Sanjimoto scores with a jab.
Sanjimoto on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Kimura uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Sanjimoto.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Sanjimoto, as that shot connected.
Sanjimoto lands a nice hook to Kimura's body. Kimura takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Sanjimoto changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Kimura uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Sanjimoto.
Kimura slips under a jab.
Sanjimoto lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Kimura throws a hook but Sanjimoto avoids it easily.
Sanjimoto throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Sanjimoto scores with a jab to the jaw.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Sanjimoto misses with a wild combination.
Kimura tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Kimura gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Kimura lands with a left to the head.
Sanjimoto tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Sanjimoto tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Kimura's elbow.
Kimura struggles to land a body shot inside as Sanjimoto controls his hands.
Sanjimoto lands with a right to the head.
Kimura lands a body shot.
Sanjimoto is trying to force a seperation but Kimura has the dominant position.
Kimura keeps control of Sanjimoto as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Kimura swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A short body shot lands from Sanjimoto as the two fighters clinch.
Kimura's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Sanjimoto throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Kimura tries to throw a body punch but Sanjimoto avoids it by throwing Kimura back against the cage.
Kimura scores with a shoulder strike.
Kimura tries to work over Sanjimoto's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Still in the clinch, Sanjimoto scores with a nice short uppercut.
Kimura prevents a body shot from Sanjimoto.
Kimura's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Sanjimoto stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Kimura misses with a body punch.
Kimura keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Sanjimoto's efforts to push away.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Kimura misses with a body punch.
Kimura misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Sanjimoto.
Sanjimoto tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Kimura working aggressively here.
Sanjimoto lands with a left to the head.
Kimura tries a body shot but Sanjimoto blocks it.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Kimura tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Sanjimoto avoids it.
Sanjimoto is leaning against Kimura and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Sanjimoto lands a body shot.
Kimura tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Sanjimoto tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Sanjimoto has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Nice body punch from Sanjimoto.
Kimura throws a head punch that misses.
Sanjimoto has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Sanjimoto lands a left hand that snaps the head of Kimura backwards.
Sanjimoto lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Kimura misses with a short punch on the inside.
Sanjimoto tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Kimura's elbow.
A short right from Sanjimoto on the inside.
Sanjimoto breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
A shot to the liver by Sanjimoto. Beautiful body shot.
Kimura fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Sanjimoto looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Sanjimoto displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Sanjimoto lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Kimura is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Sanjimoto rather than just go for the knockout.
Kimura misses the shot to the body.
Sanjimoto scores with the left hand. Kimura knows he should have avoided that one.
A left and a right from Sanjimoto both land. Nice combination.
Sanjimoto throws a right hand that Kimura ducks under and follows up with a left that Kimura also avoids with ease.
Sanjimoto throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
A looping hook to the body misses from Sanjimoto. Kimura does a little dance to reset his feet.
Kimura scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Sanjimoto is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Sanjimoto listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Kimura uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Sanjimoto.
A big left from Sanjimoto misses.
Sanjimoto throws a hook but Kimura blocks it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Yakin Sanjimoto dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action! Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!
Sanjimoto lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Kimura circles away quickly and effectively.
Sanjimoto walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Sanjimoto takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Kimura uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Sanjimoto.
Sanjimoto misses with a jab, cross combination.
Sanjimoto blocks a leg kick.
Kimura has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Sanjimoto throws a right and a left that Kimura avoids nicely.
Kimura fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Sanjimoto connects with a body shot.
Sanjimoto misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Kimura.
Sanjimoto connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Sanjimoto bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Sanjimoto looks to land a combination but Kimura avoids it well.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kimura takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Sanjimoto moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Sanjimoto throws a hook but Kimura avoids it easily.
Kimura attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Kimura loads up on a big right hand but Sanjimoto slips the punch.
Sanjimoto just misses with a punch to the body.
Kimura keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Kimura cracks the inside of Sanjimoto's front leg.
Sanjimoto lands a jab-cross combination.
Sanjimoto scores with a jab to the jaw.
Kimura lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Sanjimoto tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Kimura was well out of range. Poor timing from Sanjimoto.
Sanjimoto misses with a body shot.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sanjimoto checks a leg kick.
Sloppy strikes from Sanjimoto. Those never looked like landing.
Sanjimoto thows a body shot but no joy.
Kimura avoids the body shot from Sanjimoto.
Sanjimoto ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Kimura moves away.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Sanjimoto is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Kimura.
Sanjimoto misses with a straight left.
Kimura dodges the punch combination from Sanjimoto.
Sanjimoto waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Kimura.
Kimura fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Sanjimoto.
Sanjimoto lands a slapping body shot.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sanjimoto throws a series of punches but Kimura avoids them all with ease.
Sanjimoto misses with a straight left.
The fighters circling - Sanjimoto throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Kimura defending well as Sanjimoto loads up on a big left hand.
Sanjimoto throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Sanjimoto takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Kimura jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Sanjimoto throws a right hand that Kimura ducks under and follows up with a left that Kimura also avoids with ease.
A looping hook to the body misses from Sanjimoto. Kimura does a little dance to reset his feet.
Sanjimoto misses with a two punch combination.
Kimura takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Yakin Sanjimoto is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Sanjimoto lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Kimura circles away quickly and effectively.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Sanjimoto misses with a straight right.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sanjimoto throws a combination. Kimura tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Kimura pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Kimura lands with a shot to the body.
Sanjimoto lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Kimura takes a swing at Sanjimoto's ribcage but misses.
Kimura finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Sanjimoto tries to move into range but Kimura moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Sanjimoto misses with a wild combination.
Sanjimoto throws a series of punches but Kimura moves out of range.
Sanjimoto tries to bum rush Kimura with a series of wild strikes but Kimura uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Yakin Sanjimoto is winning the standup battle so far.
Sanjimoto misses the shot to the body.
Some bone on bone action there as Sanjimoto checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Sanjimoto throws a nice looking combination but Kimura bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Kimura scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Kimura doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Sanjimoto lands a jab.
No joy there for Sanjimoto, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Sanjimoto tests Kimura's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Kimura keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Kimura throws a low kick but Sanjimoto avoids it.
Sanjimoto lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Kimura circles away quickly and effectively.
Kimura takes one to the side of the head.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
A big left from Sanjimoto misses.
Kimura misses with a wild body shot.
Sanjimoto misses with a looping right.
Sanjimoto just misses with a punch to the body.
Sanjimoto moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
No joy there for Sanjimoto, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Sanjimoto swings for the body but Kimura moves out of range.
Nice defenses there by Kimura.
The fighters circling - Sanjimoto throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Kimura looks to score with a jab to the body but Sanjimoto is just out of range.
Sanjimoto just misses with a punch to the body.
Sanjimoto misses the shot to the body.
Kimura is the more experienced fighter here and he's going to need to draw on some of that experience if he's going to pull this one out the bag.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Sanjimoto misses the jab.
Sanjimoto blocks a leg kick.
Sanjimoto throws a series of punches but Kimura moves out of range.
Kimura throws a chopping leg kick but Sanjimoto manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Kimura misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Sanjimoto.
Kimura throws a front kick that sends Sanjimoto stumbling back into the cage.
Sanjimoto tests Kimura's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Sanjimoto takes a swing at Kimura's ribcage but misses.
Sanjimoto misses with a hook. Kimura ducked under it nicely.
Kimura lands a jab to the nose.
Kimura looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Tatsuya Kimura has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Sanjimoto on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Kimura. Kimura obviously looking to wear him down.
Sanjimoto throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Kimura counters with a good, hard body kick but Sanjimoto shrugs it off.
Kimura throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Kimura tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Sanjimoto is able to avoid easily.
Sanjimoto fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Sanjimoto displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Kimura throws out the jab.
Kimura swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Sanjimoto swinging wildly here.
Kimura slips a jab and a cross from Sanjimoto.
Sanjimoto misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Kimura.
Sanjimoto just misses with a punch to the body.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Kimura throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Kimura misses with a leg kick.
Kimura misses with an uppercut. Sanjimoto saw that one coming.
Sanjimoto stuns Kimura with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Sanjimoto jabs at Kimura's body.
Sanjimoto jabs Kimura to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Sanjimoto swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Sanjimoto throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Kimura stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Sanjimoto fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A solid leg kick lands there for Kimura.
Kimura fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Sanjimoto manages to avoid it.
A slow jab from Sanjimoto misses its intended target.
And that's the end of the fight!
Yakin Sanjimoto showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Sanjimoto 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 2 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Yukihiro Shimada scores the fight for Yakin Sanjimoto!
Judge Tatsuya Matsuyama scores the fight for Yakin Sanjimoto!
Judge Sosuke Kotani scores the fight for Yakin Sanjimoto!
Yakin Sanjimoto wins by unanimous decision!
An out of breath Yakin Sanjimoto thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.
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