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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Joe Polk (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tatsuya Yajima (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The fight MMA fans around the world have waited their entire lives for!
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216 lbs
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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
3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Joe Polk!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Tatsuya Yajima!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Shimada, Tatsuya Matsuyama and Shigeki Fujiwara.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Yajima looks to throw the jab but Polk is out of range.
Polk darts in and clinches Yajima up against the cage.
Yajima blocks an elbow strike.
Polk lands a knee to the body.
Polk lands a nice elbow.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Yajima blocks the elbow strike.
Yajima blocks an elbow strike from Polk.
Polk misses with an elbow strike.
Polk unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Yajima looks winded!
Yajima blocks the elbow strike.
Knees in the clinch landing for Polk.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Polk just misses with a elbow thrown towards Yajima's brow.
Polk landing knees to the body.
Nice elbow from Polk.
Polk lands a damaging elbow.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Polk.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Yajima is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Yajima takes a knee to the side of the body.
Polk throws an elbow that misses.
Polk misses with a knee strike.
Polk lands a damaging elbow.
Polk throws an elbow but it misses.
Polk lands a knee to the body.
Polk misses with an elbow strike.
Polk is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Polk throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Yajima takes a knee right on the jaw!
Polk putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Yajima in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Polk looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Yajima takes an elbow to the temple.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Polk throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Yajima blocks it with crossed arms.
Polk with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Yajima blocks an elbow strike.
Polk lands an elbow that stopped Yajima in his tracks for a moment.
Yajima takes an elbow to the temple.
Polk lands a good knee to the midsection. Yajima won't want to take too many of those.
Polk lands a damaging elbow.
Polk lands an elbow inside that Yajima shrugs off.
Polk lands an elbow inside.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Polk just misses with a elbow thrown towards Yajima's brow.
Yajima takes an elbow to the temple.
Polk lands a damaging elbow.
Yajima blocks an elbow strike.
Polk throws an elbow that misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Knees to the body from Polk.
Polk creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Yajima's defenses.
With the fighters up against the cage, Polk throws an elbow but misses.
Yajima takes an elbow to the temple.
Polk tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Yajima avoids it.
Yajima dodges an elbow strike from Polk.
Polk misses with an elbow over the top.
Yajima avoids a wild elbow strike from Polk.
Polk with a knee to the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Yajima blocks an elbow strike.
Polk misses with an elbow strike.
Yajima avoids a wild elbow strike from Polk.
Yajima blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nice elbow from Polk.
Polk lands a nice knee to the body.
Polk landing some nice looking knees to the body.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Polk.
Yajima blocks the elbow strike.
Yajima blocks the elbow strike.
Yajima takes an elbow to the temple.
Polk lands a nice knee to the body.
Polk lands a damaging elbow.
Polk missing with knees to the body.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Yajima wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Polk lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Polk misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Yajima.
Polk lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Joe Polk dominated that round.
That's time! Polk's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Polk fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Yajima tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
A solid leg kick lands there for Polk.
Tatsuya Yajima is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Polk lands a front kick.
Good leg kick by Polk there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Polk chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Yajima scores with a decent looking hook.
Yajima will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Polk scoring well with a low kick there.
Polk throws a leg kick which misses Yajima's front leg but catches the back leg as Yajima tries to avoid it.
A nice leg kick lands there from Polk.
Yajima is breathing heavily.
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!
An inside leg kick lands from Polk.
A solid leg kick lands there for Polk.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A nice inside leg kick there by Polk. That's going to slow Yajima down.
Yajima 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.
Yajima on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Polk. Polk obviously looking to wear him down.
Polk closes the distance and pushes Yajima back into the cage.
Polk throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Polk throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Yajima blocks it with crossed arms.
Yajima blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Polk creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Polk has Yajima pressed against the cage, preventing Yajima from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Polk keeps control of Yajima as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Yajima tries to break the clinch but Polk is controlling the position.
Polk with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
It looks like Tatsuya Yajima has been cut.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A knee to the head by Polk.
Polk lands an elbow inside that Yajima shrugs off.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Polk lands an elbow that stopped Yajima in his tracks for a moment.
Polk lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Polk lands a nice elbow.
Polk unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Yajima avoids a wild elbow strike from Polk.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Polk just misses with a elbow thrown towards Yajima's brow.
Polk landing knees to the body.
Polk tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Yajima takes an elbow to the forehead.
Yajima has had enough of the clinch but Polk keeps him there for the moment.
Polk lands an elbow inside.
Polk lands a nice elbow.
Yajima takes an elbow to the forehead.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Polk looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Polk misses with an elbow over the top.
A head punch on the inside from Polk fails to land.
Knees to the body from Polk.
Polk putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Yajima in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Polk misses with an elbow strike.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Polk.
Polk scores with a knee to the head.
Yajima blocks an elbow strike.
Polk gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Polk gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Yajima takes an elbow to the forehead.
Yajima's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Polk lands a damaging elbow.
Yajima takes an elbow to the forehead.
Polk pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Yajima dodges an elbow strike from Polk.
Polk with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Polk throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Nice elbow from Polk.
Polk tries to land a knee to the head but Yajima blocks with his arms.
Yajima has had enough of the clinch but Polk keeps him there for the moment.
Polk throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Polk is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Yajima is defending well for now.
Yajima blocks an elbow strike from Polk.
Polk landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Joe Polk dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Tatsuya Yajima's cut.
That's time! Polk's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!
Polk is looking to slow Yajima down with leg kicks.
Polk is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Yajima can do to turn this around?
Polk thumps Yajima with a low kick.
Yajima tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Yajima misses with a few strikes there.
Yajima misses with a few strikes there.
Yajima throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Polk throws a shot from downtown. Yajima moves away and avoids it.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Polk, right into the meat.
Polk turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Yajima misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Polk.
Polk tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Yajima manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Polk lands a leg kick that knocks Yajima off balance momentarily.
Yajima misses with a body shot.
Yajima takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
A slapping leg kick lands for Polk.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Polk is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Polk connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Polk buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Polk.
Polk feints and then cracks Yajima's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Yajima down.
A solid leg kick lands there for Polk.
Yajima swings for the body but Polk moves out of range.
Polk clinches with his opponent.
Polk creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Yajima's defenses.
Yajima can't break the clinch.
Yajima is trying to break free.
With the fighters up against the cage, Polk throws an elbow but misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Polk tries to land knees in the clinch but Yajima avoids the damage to the body.
Polk lands an elbow inside.
Polk throws a knee to the head but misses.
Polk with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Yajima blocks an elbow strike.
Yajima blocks the elbow strike.
Polk throws an elbow but it misses.
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!
Polk misses with an elbow strike.
Polk comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Polk creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Polk lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Yajima has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Polk throws an elbow but it misses.
Polk tries to land knees in the clinch but Yajima avoids the damage to the body.
Polk lands a nice elbow.
Polk tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Yajima avoids it.
With the fighters up against the cage, Polk throws an elbow but misses.
Polk missing with knees to the body.
Polk lands an elbow inside.
Yajima blocks an elbow strike.
Yajima blocks the elbow strike.
Polk throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Polk pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Polk misses with a knee strike.
Polk lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Polk creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Yajima blocks the elbow strike.
Yajima blocks an elbow strike from Polk.
Polk pushes off an throws an elbow but Yajima leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Polk with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Polk misses with an elbow over the top.
With the fighters up against the cage, Polk throws an elbow but misses.
Polk putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Yajima in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Polk.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Polk as Yajima tries to tie him up.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Polk tries to land knees in the clinch but Yajima avoids the damage to the body.
And that's the end of the fight!
Joe Polk showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Polk 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 Yukihiro Shimada scores the fight 30:25
Judge Tatsuya Matsuyama scores the fight 30:25
Judge Shigeki Fujiwara scores the fight 30:25
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Joe Polk!
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