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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Masamichi Yamaji (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Brodie Grundy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Brodie Grundy is staring across the ring at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.
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262 lbs
15 - 5 - 0 |
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251 lbs
12 - 8 - 0 |
Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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World class MT
Good gas tank |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
15 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Masamichi Yamaji!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
12 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Brodie Grundy!
The judges for this bout are Paul Aken, Nard Betker and Saam Ante.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Yamaji wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Yamaji throws a body punch but Grundy moves out of range.
Yamaji thows a body kick. Grundy tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Grundy takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Yamaji misses with a looping left.
Yamaji throws a half hearted mid kick.
Brodie Grundy seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A solid body kick from Yamaji.
Grundy tries to land a leg kick but Yamaji saw it coming and moves away.
No joy there for Grundy, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Yamaji has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Yamaji there as he acknowledges the shot.
Yamaji explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Grundy looks winded!
Grundy gets a clinch.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Yamaji misses with some punches.
Grundy looking to slow down the pace here.
Yamaji makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Yamaji breaks the clinch.
We've been told by Yamaji's head coaches at Nemesis Gym that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Grundy closes the distance and clinches.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Yamaji lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Yamaji doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Yamaji lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Grundy misses with a punch on the inside.
Yamaji throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Grundys head.
Yamaji lands a hook that snaps the head of Grundy backwards.
Grundy misses with a hook to the ribs.
Yamaji tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Yamaji trying to control the position but instead, Grundy has worked for underhooks and has pushed Yamaji into the ropes.
Grundy tries to stall but Yamaji uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Yamaji manages to break the clinch.
Yamaji chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Yamaji 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.
Grundy takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Yamaji punishes Grundy's body with a nice straight punch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Yamaji swats away the attempt to clinch by Grundy.
Yamaji is looking to counter punch.
Grundy tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A good leg kick by Yamaji.
Yamaji throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Yamaji swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Grundy throws a counter combo.
Grundy paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Yamaji fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Grundy manages to avoid it.
Yamaji throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Grundy takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Yamaji showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Grundy.
Grundy wants to clinch.
Yamaji is looking to wear down Grundy with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
A head kick misses from Yamaji.
Grundy paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Yamaji wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Yamaji checks a leg kick.
Yamaji avoids the body shot from Grundy.
Yamaji keeps the fight on the outside.
Grundy keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Grundy takes one to the chin there.
Yamaji lands a nice shot to the body.
Yamaji misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Grundy moves out of range of the leg kick from Yamaji.
Grundy paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
A clash of legs there as Grundy blocks the low kick.
A leg kick checked by Yamaji.
Grundy fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Yamaji misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Grundy.
Grundy tries to close the distance and clinch up but Yamaji swats him away and circles back towards the center.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Grundy forces Yamaji back against the ropes and clinches.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Grundy working aggressively here.
A right handed body shot lands from Grundy.
Yamaji presses Grundy against the ropes and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Yamaji pushes Grundy back against the ropes and unloads with a body punch.
Yamaji lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Yamaji lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Grundy backwards.
Yamaji lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the ropes.
Yamaji working aggressively here.
Yamaji misses with a body punch.
Yamaji lands a body shot in the clinch.
A left hand lands to the body for Yamaji.
Yamaji stalls.
Yamaji swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Yamaji tries to work over Grundy's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Yamaji's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Masamichi Yamaji dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!
Yamaji throws a low kick but Grundy moves out of range easily.
Grundy does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Yamaji tried to counter with a leg kick but Grundy avoided it.
Grundy moves out of range as Yamaji throws a body kick.
Yamaji gets tackled into the ropes by Grundy. Grundy maintains the clinch.
Masamichi Yamaji has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Yamaji stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Yamaji breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Grundy throws a leg kick that is checked
and Yamaji counters with a right hand to the body.
Yamaji scores with a nice right hand.
Grundy lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Yamaji throws a leg kick but Grundy sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Grundy tries to close the distance and clinch but Yamaji swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Grundy keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Yamaji moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Yamaji defending well as Grundy loads up on a big left hand.
The fighters circling - Grundy throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A looping hook to the body misses from Yamaji. Grundy does a little dance to reset his feet.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Yamaji throws a front kick aimed at Grundy's knee but Grundy avoids it well.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Yamaji, right into the meat.
Grundy tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Nice defenses there by Grundy.
Grundy tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Yamaji looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Masamichi Yamaji is winning the standup battle so far.
Grundy fails in his attempt to clinch.
Yamaji circles away from the clinch attempt
and Yamaji counters with a body kick that stops Grundy in his tracks momentarily.
Grundy is breathing heavily.
Grundy pushes Yamaji up against the ropes in a clinch.
Grundy keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Yamaji's efforts to push away.
Yamaji working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Yamaji pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Grundy tries a low kick but Yamaji avoids it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Grundy has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Yamaji.
Grundy blocks a low kick nicely.
Grundy lands a jab to the nose.
Grundy has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
A jab from Yamaji misses.
Grundy misses with a body shot.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Yamaji blocks a head kick by Grundy.
Grundy tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
You can see that Grundy has visibly slowed down as a result of the leg kicks
Grundy is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Yamaji appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Grundy moves out of range of the body kick from Yamaji.
Nice defenses there by Yamaji.
Grundy closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the ropes.
Grundy is trying to maintain a safe position but Yamaji gets an underhook and turns Grundy into the ropes.
Yamaji breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Grundy uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Yamaji.
Grundy gets in close and instigates a clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Yamaji escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Yamaji throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Grundy sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Grundy steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Yamaji. That one must have hurt.
Good leg kick by Yamaji there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Yamaji does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Grundy lands a jab.
Grundy checks a leg kick.
Grundy throws a low kick, looking for Yamaji's leg but Yamaji calmly moves out of range.
Yamaji lands a jab to the head.
Yamaji feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Grundy's calf.
Grundy is looking to clinch.
Grundy's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Yamaji scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Grundy tries to clinch there but Yamaji circles away.
Yamaji lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Grundy moves out of range of the body kick from Yamaji.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Grundy scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Grundy tries to close the distance and clinch but Yamaji swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Yamaji tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Grundy was well out of range. Poor timing from Yamaji.
Yamaji circles away from the clinch attempt.
Yamaji throws a poor cross that misses
and Grundy counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Grundy moves to clinch but Yamaji breaks away
and Yamaji counters with a nice right hand that sends Grundy toppling to the canvas! Grundy scrambles and gets back to his feet - can Yamaji finish him?!
Grundy is rocked!
Yamaji sees an opening and throws a straight punch right through Grundy's defenses. It connects perfectly with Grundy's jaw and knocks him out cold! Wow - that's a contender for knockout of the year - absolutely brutal!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:36 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Masamichi Yamaji!
A less than humble Masamichi Yamaji misjudged his post fight interview somewhat and came across a little too arrogant whilst trying to hype up his own abilities.
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