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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between O Shea Jackson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Akihiko Yamato (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jackson kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Gangsta Rap Made Me Do It. Buckle up people - heeeeeeeeeere we go!
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191 cm
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200 lbs
13 - 7 - 0 |
Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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World class MT
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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
8 - 8 - 0, fighting out of London, O Shea Jackson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
13 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Akihiko Yamato!
The judges for this bout are Radbod Blank, Patrick Alders and Wagner Zegers.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Yamato tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Yamato forces Jackson back against the cage and clinches.
Yamato doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Jackson throws a punch but it's blocked by Yamato.
Yamato lands a body shot.
Jackson breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Yamato blocks a leg kick.
Yamato has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Jackson.
Yamato swings away with a leg kick that misses.
It looked like Jackson wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Yamato doesn't manage to clinch there - Jackson circles away.
Yamato will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jackson turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Jackson throws the left hand but Yamato avoids the punch easily.
Yamato works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Yamato scoring well with a low kick there.
Yamato lands a nice hook to Jackson's body. Jackson takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Yamato takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Yamato gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Jackson.
We've been informed that Yamato has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
Jackson looks to score with a jab to the body but Yamato is just out of range.
Yamato tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Jackson paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Yamato throws a low kick but it's checked well by Jackson.
Yamato has Jackson up against the cage in a clinch.
Yamato misses with a knee to the head.
Jackson misses with the head strike.
Yamato doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Jackson doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Yamato digs a right hand underneath Jackson's ribcage. Jackson let out a lung full of air as it connected.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Jackson.
Jackson gets through Yamato's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Yamato scores with a nice hook to the head.
Jackson lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Yamato blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Jackson lands a right hand.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Yamato.
A head punch on the inside from Jackson fails to land.
Jackson softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
A short left from Yamato.
Jackson blocks an uppercut.
Jackson working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Yamato fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Yamato throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Nice elbow from Yamato.
Yamato lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Yamato trying to land knees to the body.
Jackson misses with some punches.
Yamato lands a nice elbow.
Jackson fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Yamato blocks a body shot from Jackson.
Yamato tries a knee to the head but Jackson blocks it.
Yamato lands a right hand.
Yamato lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Yamato lands a knee to the head.
A shot in the inside from Yamato.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Yamato misses with a knee to the head.
Jackson wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Yamato has him pressed against the cage.
Jackson misses with a hook to the ribs.
Yamato softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
A nice right hand lands inside from Yamato.
Yamato misses with a body punch.
Jackson gets through Yamato's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Jackson lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Jackson misses with a short punch on the inside.
Jackson misses with a short punch on the inside.
A short right from Jackson.
Jackson lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Yamato lands a shoulder strike.
Jackson throws a punch but it's blocked by Yamato.
Jackson working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Yamato prevents a body shot from Jackson.
Yamato blocking some punches.
Jackson throws a punch but it's blocked by Yamato.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Jackson.
Yamato comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Yamato blocks a punch to the side of the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jackson has a couple of punches blocked by Yamato.
Yamato lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Jackson scores with a hook to the body.
Yamato has a couple of punches blocked by Jackson.
Jackson throws a head punch that misses.
Yamato throws a punch but it's blocked by Jackson.
Yamato tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
A body shot lands from Jackson.
Jackson blocks a body shot from Yamato.
Jackson lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Yamato.
Yamato looks winded!
Jackson tries to work over Yamato's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A short uppercut from Jackson.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Jackson.
Jackson lands a left hand.
Jackson misses with a punch on the inside.
Jackson makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Jackson digs a right hand into Yamato's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Yamato's gas tank.
A shot in the inside from Jackson.
A nice right hand lands inside from Jackson.
Yamato tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Jackson tries to work over Yamato's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that O Shea Jackson will probably get the nod.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Jackson cracks Yamato with a big right hand that sends him crashing to the floor. Jackson has the opportunity to follow him to the ground but instead he's beckoning Yamato to stand back up!
Yamato is still looking wobbly from the end of the last round!
It looks like Akihiko Yamato has been cut.
Jackson drops Yamato with a naaaaasty hook - Yamato is in real trouble here! Jackson dives in to side control and pounds out his opponent for a TKO victory! The crowd goes nuts!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:10 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). O Shea Jackson!
A very excited looking O Shea Jackson made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
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