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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Trond Asmundsen (ranked 1535 p4p, 208 weight class) and Lyoto Yoshida (ranked 1446 p4p, 201 weight class). The key to victory for Trond Asmundsen has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.
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190 lbs
4 - 0 - 0 |
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196 cm
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189 lbs
6 - 2 - 0 |
BJJ Brown Belt
Basic striking
Cuts easily |
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Good wrestler
Basic striking
Granite chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Trond Asmundsen!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Lyoto Yoshida!
The judges for this bout are Ben Zyskovitsi, Tarja Halkonen and Johanna Lukiainen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Yoshida tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
A swing and a miss from Yoshida.
Yoshida clinches up against the cage.
Asmundsen lands a right hand.
Asmundsen is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Yoshida lands with a short shot to the head.
Asmundsen misses with a hook to the ribs.
Yoshida creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Asmundsen's defenses.
It looks like Trond Asmundsen has been cut.
Yoshida misses with a body punch.
Yoshida pushes Asmundsen back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Yoshida lands a nice elbow.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Yoshida blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Asmundsen doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Yoshida blocks a body shot from Asmundsen.
Asmundsen leaning his opponent against the cage.
The referee calls for Yoshida to work.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Still in the clinch, Yoshida scores with a nice short uppercut.
Yoshida misses with the head strike.
Yoshida misses with a hook to the ribs.
Yoshida cracks Asmundsen with a nice body shot.
Asmundsen tries to stall but Yoshida uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Yoshida being controlled against the cage.
Yoshida has a couple of punches blocked by Asmundsen.
Yoshida blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Yoshida makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
I was talking to Asmundsen's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Yoshida slows down the pace here.
Yoshida doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Asmundsen stalling the fight.
Yoshida lands an elbow just above Asmundsen 's eye.
Trond Asmundsen's cut is getting worse.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
A nice left hand lands by Yoshida.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Asmundsen lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Asmundsen takes a shot to the head.
Asmundsen wants to stall.
Yoshida softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Yoshida is pushing Asmundsen up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Asmundsen swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Asmundsen tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Yoshida's elbow.
Asmundsen lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Yoshida blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Asmundsen is looking to control Yoshida's arms but Yoshida gets an underhook and turns him. Now Asmundsen has his back to the cage.
Asmundsen dodges an elbow strike from Yoshida.
Asmundsen lands a shot to the body.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Yoshida tries to stall but Asmundsen uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Asmundsen blocking some punches.
Asmundsen blocks a body shot from Yoshida.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Asmundsen effectively controlling the action here.
Good body shot from Yoshida.
Asmundsen misses with a body punch.
Yoshida tries a body shot but Asmundsen blocks it.
Yoshida lands an elbow inside.
Asmundsen taking a breather.
Asmundsen slowing the pace effectively.
Yoshida effectively controlling the action here.
Asmundsen is trying to stall.
Asmundsen trying to control the position but instead, Yoshida has worked for underhooks and has pushed Asmundsen into the cage.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Asmundsen.
Yoshida throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Yoshida manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Yoshida lands a nice shot to the body.
Asmundsen looking to stall.
Yoshida tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Asmundsen tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Yoshida's elbow.
Yoshida lands a right hand.
Asmundsen lands with a left to the head.
Yoshida throws a punch but it's blocked by Asmundsen.
Yoshida throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Yoshida throws an elbow but it misses.
Yoshida is pushing Asmundsen up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Yoshida lands a left hand that snaps the head of Asmundsen backwards.
Yoshida's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Asmundsen tries to throw a body punch but Yoshida avoids it by throwing Asmundsen back against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Lyoto Yoshida dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Trond Asmundsen's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Yoshida looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Yoshida clinches.
Yoshida goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Asmundsen blocks an uppercut.
Asmundsen lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Yoshida swings wildly with an uppercut but Asmundsen uses good head movement to avoid it.
Yoshida throws a head punch that misses.
Asmundsen tries to throw a body punch but Yoshida avoids it by throwing Asmundsen back against the cage.
Yoshida dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Yoshida prevents a body shot from Asmundsen.
Lyoto Yoshida seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Asmundsen taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Asmundsen dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Asmundsen tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A short left from Yoshida.
Yoshida has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Yoshida misses with a short punch on the inside.
Asmundsen looking to stall.
Yoshida trying to land knees to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Asmundsen is trying to maintain a safe position but Yoshida gets an underhook and turns Asmundsen into the cage.
Asmundsen misses with some punches.
Yoshida lands a left hand that snaps the head of Asmundsen backwards.
Yoshida misses with a punch to the body.
Yoshida goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Yoshida takes a shot to the head.
Yoshida lands a right hand that snaps the head of Asmundsen backwards.
Asmundsen blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A short right from Yoshida.
Yoshida throws a punch but it's blocked by Asmundsen.
Asmundsen stalling the fight.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Yoshida.
Yoshida trying to land knees to the body.
A short left from Asmundsen.
Asmundsen takes an elbow to the forehead.
Yoshida looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Yoshida effectively controlling the action here.
Yoshida doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Yoshida gets through Asmundsen's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Asmundsen on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
A short right from Yoshida.
Trond Asmundsen's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Yoshida effectively controlling the action here.
Yoshida lands a hook that snaps the head of Asmundsen backwards.
Asmundsen prevents a body shot from Yoshida.
Yoshida lands a left hand.
Asmundsen blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A short body shot lands from Asmundsen as the two fighters clinch.
Asmundsen looking to slow down the pace here.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Asmundsen.
Asmundsen can't find room to land a body shot as Yoshida controls the action.
Asmundsen stalling in the clinch.
Yoshida throws a punch but it's blocked by Asmundsen.
Asmundsen blocking some punches.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Yoshida just leaning against Asmundsen, taking a breather.
Asmundsen tries to stall but Yoshida uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Yoshida lands a nice elbow.
Yoshida misses with a hook from the clinch.
Asmundsen is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Yoshida lands a hook that snaps the head of Asmundsen backwards.
Asmundsen misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Yoshida misses with a short punch on the inside.
A nice left hand lands by Yoshida.
Yoshida misses with a hook to the ribs.
Yoshida throws a head punch that misses.
A head punch on the inside from Yoshida fails to land.
Yoshida lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Yoshida.
Jeez, Trond Asmundsen's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.
The referee calls the doctor in to look at Trond Asmundsen's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:57 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Lyoto Yoshida!
Lyoto Yoshida is the new middleweight champion!
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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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