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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Koji Yano (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bernardo Marcias (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Yano comes to the cage accompanied by Fleur de Lis - Jucifer. Marcias has chosen Cisco Kid as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Koji Yano has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.
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205 lbs
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220 lbs
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BJJ Purple Belt
Good knees
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
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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
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Koji Yano!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Bernardo Marcias!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Fujiwara, Shigeki Sano and Yasuomi Hirokawa.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A kick lands to the mid section there for Yano.
Yano misses with a hook. Marcias ducked under it nicely.
We can't be sure of the tactics at this early stage but we have heard that Marcias has been working on his takedowns a lot in the buildup to the fight and we can only assume he's going to look to take this to the mat.
Marcias walks into a left hand.
Marcias takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Yano will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Yano ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Marcias moves away.
An inside leg kick from Yano misses.
Marcias throws a left and a right that both miss
and Yano counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Yano tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Marcias on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Marcias blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Marcias lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Yano leaning against his opponent.
Yano lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Yano doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Yano holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Yano taking a breather.
Yano throws a head punch that misses.
Yano creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Yano blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Marcias tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Marcias tries to work over Yano's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Yano is struggling to control the position.
A hook to the body from Yano.
Marcias managing to block the knees to the body from Yano.
Yano using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
We've been hearing reports that Yano has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.
Marcias tries to throw a body punch but Yano avoids it by throwing Marcias back against the cage.
Yano working Marcias over with knees to the body.
Yano lands an elbow just above Marcias 's eye.
Marcias misses with a short punch on the inside.
Yano tries a body shot but Marcias blocks it.
Yano lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Marcias backwards.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Marcias missing with knees to the body.
Yano manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Marcias tries to break free but Yano pushes him back against the cage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Yano creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Marcias trying to land knees to the body.
Yano lands with a short shot to the head.
Marcias avoiding damage as Yano throws knees to the body.
Yano tries a body shot but Marcias blocks it.
Yano wants to stall.
Marcias misses with a short punch on the inside.
Yano blocking some punches.
Yano just leaning against Marcias, taking a breather.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Marcias.
Marcias misses with the head strike.
Yano tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Yano stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Yano blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Yano tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Marcias lands an uppercut.
Yano slows down the pace here.
Yano tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Yano tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A short right from Yano on the inside.
Yano is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Marcias is keeping busy.
A nice right hand lands inside from Marcias.
Yano trying to control the position but instead, Marcias has worked for underhooks and has pushed Yano into the cage.
Marcias misses with the head strike.
Marcias tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Yano blocking some punches.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Yano.
Marcias misses with some punches.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Yano obliges.
Marcias working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Yano jumps guard.
Yano escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Marcias gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Marcias must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Marcias avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Yano is pulling down on Marcias's head to control his posture.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Yano wants to sweep here but Marcias controlling him for the moment.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Koji Yano dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Yano tries to move into range but Marcias moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Marcias looks to score with a jab to the body but Yano is just out of range.
Marcias on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Yano. Yano obviously looking to wear him down.
Yano jabs Marcias right on the nose. Marcias blinks but takes it well.
Marcias throws a right hand that Yano ducks under and follows up with a left that Yano also avoids with ease.
Yano throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Yano lands with a nice body punch.
Marcias throws a series of strikes that have Yano backpedaling.
Yano has closed the distance and engaged Marcias in a clinch.
Marcias scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Marcias swings wildly with an uppercut but Yano uses good head movement to avoid it.
Marcias misses with some punches.
Marcias lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Yano avoiding damage as Marcias throws knees to the body.
Yano dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Knees to the body from Yano.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Yano obliges.
Yano taking a breather.
Marcias is trying to push Yano away but Yano has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Knees in the clinch landing for Yano.
Marcias is breathing heavily.
Yano putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Marcias in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A short right from Yano on the inside.
Koji Yano has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Yano jumps guard and drags Marcias to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.
Yano lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Marcias!
Yano quickly switches position and commits to an armbar! It's a big risk for Yano but it's paid off an Marcias is forced to tap! Nice work by Yano.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:56 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Koji Yano!
Koji Yano seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.
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energy
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hype
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