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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Tadamasa Yamada (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Danza Kuduro (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kuduro has chosen Don Omar - Danza Kuduro as his entrance music. Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.
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195 lbs
34 - 11 - 0 |
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180 cm
29
190 lbs
19 - 5 - 1 |
Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Olympic wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
34 - 11 - 0, fighting out of London, Tadamasa Yamada!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
19 - 5 - 1, fighting out of New York, Danza Kuduro!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Fujiwara, Ren Mimura and Yuuki Gou.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kuduro misses with a leg kick
and Yamada counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
Kuduro tries to clinch but Yamada is having none of it.
Kuduro misses with a looping left.
Yamada misses the shot to the body.
Kuduro has managed to clinch.
Yamada struggles to land a body shot inside as Kuduro controls his hands.
A short right from Kuduro.
Yamada misses with the head strike.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Yamada creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Kuduro blocks an uppercut.
Yamada lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Kuduro is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Yamada is keeping busy.
A nice right hand lands inside from Yamada.
Yamada scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Yamada goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Yamada tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A head punch on the inside from Yamada fails to land.
Yamada can't find room to land a body shot as Kuduro controls the action.
Kuduro blocks an uppercut.
Yamada lands a body shot.
Yamada lands a right hand.
Yamada lands a nice uppercut.
Kuduro goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Yamada swings wildly with an uppercut but Kuduro uses good head movement to avoid it.
Yamada tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Kuduro can't find room to land a body shot as Yamada controls the action.
Kuduro lands with a short punch from the clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Kuduro.
Kuduro escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Yamada goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Kuduro misses with a body shot.
Yamada throws an ugly left hook that misses
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Yamada throws a big shot that misses.
Yamada takes a swing at Kuduro's ribcage but misses.
Yamada throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Yamada misses with a straight right.
Kuduro swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Tadamasa Yamada seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Yamada throws a big shot that misses.
Yamada swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Tadamasa Yamada is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Yamada rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Kuduro counters with a solid body kick.
Yamada throws a lazy right hand but Kuduro sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Yamada misses with a head kick.
Yamada gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Kuduro working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Kuduro is trying to maintain a safe position but Yamada gets an underhook and turns Kuduro into the cage.
Yamada working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Kuduro lands with a right to the head.
Kuduro throws a punch but it's blocked by Yamada.
Kuduro swings wildly with an uppercut but Yamada uses good head movement to avoid it.
Kuduro misses with a body punch.
Yamada misses with a punch to the body.
Yamada misses with a punch to the body.
A shot in the inside from Yamada.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Kuduro just leaning against Yamada, taking a breather.
Kuduro scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Kuduro blocks an uppercut.
Kuduro is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Yamada is keeping busy.
Kuduro tries a body shot but Yamada blocks it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Yamada digs a right hand into Kuduro's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Kuduro's gas tank.
Kuduro fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A short left from Yamada.
Kuduro has dropped down and is working for a takedown. Yamada is trying to keep an underhook but Kuduro manages to get the takedown into half guard.
Kuduro is stalling here. Yamada is in no mood to hang around though. He's locked up a kimura from the bottom! Kuduro seems to be keeping calm but he's forced to roll out of the hold and Yamada has ended up in side control on the top. Nice work.
Yamada tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Kuduro tries to bench press Yamada off him but Yamada keeps the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Tadamasa Yamada 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.
Kuduro scores with a jab.
An inside leg kick lands from Kuduro.
Kuduro looks to throw a body kick
and Yamada counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Kuduro bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Yamada's head backwards.
Kuduro avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
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!
Kuduro throws a hook but Yamada avoids it easily.
Kuduro throws a poor cross that misses
and Yamada counters with a low kick, right behind Kuduro 's knee.
Kuduro lands a jab to the nose.
Kuduro misses with a low kick.
Kuduro shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Yamada napping and manages to drive through into side control!
That's one minute gone in the round.
The ground and pound from Kuduro seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
Kuduro lands some shots froms side control.
Kuduro grinds an elbow into Yamada's temple.
Yamada is rocked!
Yamada trying his best to control but Kuduro has mounted him.
Oh Yamada is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Kuduro landing strikes from the mount.
Yamada is trying to escape the mount.
Kuduro looking to control but Yamada is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Kuduro connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Yamada is trying to stand.
BOOM! Kuduro connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Yamada wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Kuduro.
Danza Kuduro has got the better of the ground game so far.
Kuduro lands a big elbow - Yamada is in trouble! More strikes from the mount and Yamada is forced to tap out!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:36 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Danza Kuduro!
Our winner, Danza Kuduro, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.
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energy
A | B |
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hype
A | B |
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
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