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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Rio Yaj (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Akihiko Yamato (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Fingers crossed for an exciting fight - I'm sure both fighters are looking for a nice under the table bonus!
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215 lbs
6 - 8 - 0 |
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191 cm
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200 lbs
13 - 8 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Dangerous knees
Cardio machine |
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Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank |
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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
6 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Rio Yaj!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
13 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Akihiko Yamato!
The judges for this bout are James Atkins, Chris Edwards and James Glass.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nice uppercut lands for Yaj. That snapped Yamato's head back.
Yaj has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
It looks like Rio Yaj has been cut.
Yamato takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
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.
Yaj swinging wildly here.
Yaj closes the distance and clinches.
Yamato's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Yaj swings widly with a right hand
and Yamato counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Yamato breaks from the clinch.
Yamato walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Yaj checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Yaj is trying hard to land a takedown here. Yamato sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Yamato tries a quick counter leg kick but Yaj is wise to it.
Yaj scores with a hook.
It looks like Akihiko Yamato has been cut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Yamato slips a jab from Yaj.
Yaj misses with a combination
and Yamato counters with a nice body shot.
Nice defenses there by Yamato.
Yaj lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Yaj drops Yamato with a left and a right! Oh, Yamato is hurt - Yaj dives into side control looking to finish!
Yamato is rocked!
Yaj tries to score with some ground and pound. Yamato controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
Yamato is still in real trouble! Can Yaj finish him?
Yaj in side control, throwing shots but Yamato defends.
Yamato seems to have recovered his senses.
Yaj looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Yamato is avoiding damage well.
Yaj goes for an armbar here - this could be all over! But no, Yamato has escaped beautifully and is now on top in side control! Oh, that's unlucky for Yaj but great work by Yamato.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Yaj is trying to buck Yamato off.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
You can see the frustration on Yaj's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Yaj has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
A lull in the action here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Yaj is looking for a sweep.
Yaj struggling a bit here.
The referee tells the fighters to keep busy.
Yaj tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Yamato wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Yaj struggling a bit here.
Yaj tries to control but end up mounted... ooooh, that's bad.
Yaj regains half guard.
The fighters are battling for position here. Yaj manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Yaj tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Yamato wanted to stand there but Yaj had control of the position.
Yaj looking to hit a scissor sweep but Yamato is one step ahead there.
Yaj bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Yamato's guard.
Yaj wants to control from the top but Yamato keeps moving.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Yaj working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Yaj trying to control but Yamato is working from the bottom.
Yaj trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Yamato controlling Yaj's posture.
Yamato controls Yaj momentarily but Yaj frees himself.
The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Yamato cracks Yaj with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Rio Yaj dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Yamato scores with a sloppy right hand. Yaj should have avoided that one.
Yamato tries to work over Yaj's front leg with a kick but Yaj checks it.
Yaj fails with an attempt to clinch.
Yamato looks for the body kick but Yaj saw that one coming.
Yaj throws a series of punches but Yamato moves out of range.
Yaj shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Yaj on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Yamato misses with a low kick.
Yaj looks to score with a jab to the body but Yamato is just out of range.
Yaj takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Yaj throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Yamato counters with a slapping leg kick.
Rio Yaj seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Yamato is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Yaj looks to score with a jab to the body but Yamato is just out of range.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A lazy body kick from Yamato
and Yaj counters with a shoot takedown. Yamato fights it but they end up in guard.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Yamato is on top in guard.
Yamato stays in close to Yaj's body and controls the position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Yamato is continuing to stall.
Yaj pulls Yamato in close to prevent any damage.
Yaj's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Yaj looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Yamato is stalling in the full guard.
Yamato has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Yaj is proving hard to escape from.
Yaj has a butterfly guard looking to sweep but Yamato has passed into side control.
Yamato is looking to take a break and control but Yaj is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Yaj gets back to half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Yaj tries to kick Yamato off but Yamato keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Yaj manages to escape and get back to his feet!
Yamato pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Yaj throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Yamato counters with a nice leg kick.
Yaj throws a combination that misses
and Yamato counters with a thumping low kick.
Yaj fails in his attempt to clinch.
Yamato staying out of range there.
Yaj with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Yamato to score with a decent uppercut.
Yamato throws a low kick but Yaj avoids it.
Yaj appears to be looking for a counter takedown.
Yamato defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Yaj.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Yamato lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Yamato throws a lazy right hand but Yaj sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Nice defenses there by Yamato.
Yaj misses with a hook. Yamato ducked under it nicely.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Yaj takes one to the side of the head.
Yamato throws a head kick but Yaj moves out of range.
Yaj checks a low kick from Yamato.
Yamato smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Akihiko Yamato seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Yaj throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
The fight stays on the outside here - Yaj looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Yamato misses with an uppercut.
Yaj is looking to counter punch.
Yamato scores with a nice strike.
Yamato throws a hook to the side of Yaj's head but Yaj sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Akihiko Yamato showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!
Yaj drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Yaj throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Yaj missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Yaj lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Yamato looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Yaj working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Yaj with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Yaj working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Yaj throws a big elbow that misses.
Yaj tries to free his leg and advance position but Yamato is retaining full guard.
Yamato looking to control.
Yamato preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Yaj distracts Yamato with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Yaj stopping the sweep attempt from Yamato.
Yaj tries to free his leg and advance position but Yamato is retaining full guard.
Yaj is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Yamato looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Horrible takedown attempt by Yaj or perhaps it was just good defense by Yamato, which made it look bad.
Yamato takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Yaj misses with a wild combination.
Yaj rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Yamato moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Yamato steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Yaj.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Yaj shoots in but Yamato avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Yamato avoids a punch combination nicely.
Yaj shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Yamato but Yamato pushes him off and we're back to square one.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Rio Yaj. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Yaj cracks Yamato with a right hand to the side of the head.
Yaj is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Yamato pivots, looking for a leg kick but Yaj is out of range and Yamato settles back down.
Yaj tries to close the distance and clinch up but Yamato swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Yaj slips a jab and a cross from Yamato.
Yamato throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Yamato lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Yaj is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Yaj throws a right and a left that both miss.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Yamato avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Yamato is looking to slow Yaj down with leg kicks.
Yamato moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Yamato bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Yaj's head backwards.
Yaj is rocked!
Yamato drops Yaj with a straight left! Oh this is bad for Yaj! Yamato dives in and starts dropping bombs - the referee has no choice but to step in and save him!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:28 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Akihiko Yamato!
Akihiko Yamato thanked the fans post fight for their support.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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