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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Yuuto Yoshida (ranked 2523 p4p, 3050 weight class) and Gustav Rinaldi (ranked 327 p4p, 393 weight class). Yoshida comes to the cage accompanied by Blue Oyster Cult Godzilla . Gustav Rinaldi has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Yuuto Yoshida's chin.
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Good wrestling
Lethal high kicks
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Counter fighter
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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 33 - 22 - 0, fighting out of London, Yuuto Yoshida!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 18 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Gustav Rinaldi!
The judges for this bout are Nard Betker, Radbod Blank and Saam Ante.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Yoshida lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Rinaldi takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Rinaldi misses with a series of wild punches.
Rinaldi fails with an attempt to clinch.
Rinaldi rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Yoshida moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Yoshida darts in and clinches Rinaldi up against the cage.
A nice left hand lands by Yoshida.
Rinaldi's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Rinaldi wants to get back to striking at distance but Yoshida won't allow it.
A body shot lands from Yoshida.
Yoshida's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Yoshida turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Yoshida moves into the clinch.
Yoshida lands a shot to the body.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Rinaldi is trying to break the clinch but Yoshida has him pressed against the cage.
Rinaldi pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Yoshida bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Rinaldi's head backwards.
Rinaldi moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Yoshida looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Yoshida moves into the clinch successfully.
Yoshida breaks from the clinch.
Yoshida lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Yoshida with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Rinaldi will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Yoshida scores with a jab to the head.
Yoshida has closed the distance and engaged Rinaldi in a clinch.
Rinaldi breaks from the clinch.
Sloppy strikes from Rinaldi. Those never looked like landing.
A jab lands there for Yoshida.
Rinaldi walks into a left hand.
Rinaldi throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Rinaldi takes a shot to the body in his stride.
A nice leg kick from Yoshida, right into the meat of the thigh.
Some wild striking there from Rinaldi.
Yoshida connects with a good right hand that stumbles Rinaldi. Rinaldi circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Yoshida throws a nice outside leg kick.
Rinaldi on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Yoshida lands with an overhand left.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Yoshida.
Rinaldi has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Rinaldi looks to throw the jab but Yoshida is out of range.
Rinaldi throws a series of punches but Yoshida avoids them all with ease.
Jab from Rinaldi.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rinaldi takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Yoshida lands with a thumping leg kick.
Yoshida closes the distance and pushes Rinaldi back into the cage.
Yoshida prevents Rinaldi from breaking the clinch.
Yoshida scores with a shot to the side of Rinaldi's head.
Yoshida breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Rinaldi tries to clinch but Yoshida is having none of it.
A slapping leg kick lands for Yoshida.
Yoshida swinging wildly here.
Yoshida lands with a good body shot.
Yoshida is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Yoshida throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
A jab from Yoshida does it's job there.
Rinaldi takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Yoshida ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Rinaldi moves away.
Rinaldi is looking for the big counter here.
Rinaldi avoids the body shot from Yoshida.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Yoshida. Rinaldi shrugs it off though.
Yoshida misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Rinaldi.
Rinaldi misses with a wild combination.
Rinaldi misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Yoshida.
Yoshida jabs Rinaldi to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Yoshida gets tackled into the cage by Rinaldi. Rinaldi maintains the clinch.
Yoshida pushes Rinaldi back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Rinaldi looks winded!
Yoshida's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Some wild striking there from Rinaldi.
Rinaldi chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Yoshida can pounce on him.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Yuuto Yoshida dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Yoshida lands with a thumping leg kick.
Rinaldi throws out a loose jab but Yoshida uses good head movement to avoid it.
Yoshida dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Rinaldi. That did some damage!
Yoshida jabs Rinaldi to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Yoshida lands with a shot to the body.
Yoshida dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Rinaldi. That did some damage!
Yoshida clinches with his opponent.
Rinaldi is trying to break the clinch but Yoshida has him pressed against the cage.
Rinaldi is trying to break the clinch but Yoshida is controlling him.
Yoshida prevents Rinaldi from breaking the clinch.
Rinaldi wants to get back to striking at distance but Yoshida won't allow it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A short uppercut from Yoshida.
Yoshida lands a right hand.
Yoshida lands a left hand.
Yoshida scores with a hook to the body.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Yoshida.
Rinaldi is breathing heavily.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Rinaldi is trying to break the clinch but Yoshida has him pressed against the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A short right from Yoshida.
Yuuto Yoshida has scored more points in the clinch so far.
A short right from Yoshida on the inside.
Yoshida breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Gustav Rinaldi is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Rinaldi gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Yoshida fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Rinaldi has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Yoshida with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Yoshida tests Rinaldi's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Yoshida throws a shot to the body.
Rinaldi stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Yoshida.
Rinaldi tries to keep at a distance but Yoshida has taken the fight into the clinch.
Yoshida breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Rinaldi misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Rinaldi on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Yoshida has Rinaldi up against the cage in a clinch.
Yoshida lands a body punch.
Yoshida lands with a short shot to the head.
Yoshida breaks the clinch.
Yoshida lands a nice leg kick that just misses Rinaldi's sensitive parts.
Yoshida slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Rinaldi tries to clinch but Yoshida moves out of range.
A nice leg kick from Yoshida, right into the meat of the thigh.
Yoshida scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Nice body kick there by Yoshida.
Yoshida fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Rinaldi, pushing him back against the cage.
Yoshida keeps control of Rinaldi as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Yoshida lands a body punch in the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Yoshida manages to break the clinch.
Rinaldi tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Yoshida scores with a jab to the body.
Yoshida scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Rinaldi on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Yoshida scores with a jab to the body.
Rinaldi takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Yoshida thows a body kick. Rinaldi tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Yoshida is looking to slow Rinaldi down with leg kicks.
Yoshida fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Rinaldi takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
A cross from Yoshida lands.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Yoshida scores with the left hand. Rinaldi knows he should have avoided that one.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rinaldi has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Yoshida.
Yuuto Yoshida seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Yoshida pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Rinaldi back to the cage. Yoshida follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Yoshida blocks a jab.
Yoshida takes the fight into the clinch.
Rinaldi's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Yoshida creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Yoshida breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
A nice inside leg kick there by Yoshida. That's going to slow Rinaldi down.
Yoshida is looking to wear down Rinaldi with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Yoshida lands a slapping body shot.
Yoshida stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Yoshida throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Yoshida tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Rinaldi lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Rinaldi wants to clinch.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Yuuto Yoshida dominated that second round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.
Yoshida fails in his attempt to clinch.
Yoshida with the inside leg kick.
Rinaldi tries to clinch there but Yoshida circles away.
Yoshida clinches with his opponent.
Rinaldi wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Yoshida breaks the clinch.
Yoshida connects with a leg kick.
Rinaldi doesn't manage to clinch there - Yoshida circles away.
Yuuto Yoshida is winning the standup battle so far.
Rinaldi moves in looking to clinch but Yoshida pushes him off.
Yoshida lands a slapping body shot.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Yoshida fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Rinaldi, pushing him back against the cage.
Rinaldi wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Yoshida has him pressed against the cage.
Yoshida lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Rinaldi is trying to push Yoshida away but Yoshida has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Yoshida keeps control of Rinaldi as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Rinaldi takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Rinaldi is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Yoshida breaks from the clinch.
Donk. Yoshida catches Rinaldi right on the button with a cross.
Rinaldi sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Yoshida cracks Rinaldi with a good jab.
Rinaldi looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Yoshida lands with a thumping leg kick.
Yoshida moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Rinaldi has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Yoshida digs a right hand underneath Rinaldi's ribcage. Rinaldi let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Yoshida escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Yoshida wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Yoshida scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Yoshida lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Rinaldi at a distance.
Yuuto Yoshida is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Rinaldi takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Yoshida scores with a jab.
Yoshida stuns Rinaldi with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Yoshida lands a jab to Rinaldi's midsection.
Yoshida throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Rinaldi rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Yoshida moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Yoshida is looking to counter the offense by Rinaldi and move into the clinch.
Good leg kick by Yoshida.
Yoshida gets a clinch.
Yoshida works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Yoshida.
Yoshida manages to break the clinch.
Yoshida works the jab nicely.
Yoshida clinches up with Rinaldi and pushes him back against the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A left hand lands to the body for Yoshida.
Yoshida lands an uppercut.
Yoshida lands a nice shot to the body.
Yoshida scores with a nice hook to the head.
Rinaldi has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Yoshida presses Rinaldi against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Yoshida lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Yoshida is working Rinaldi over against the cage.
Rinaldi has had enough of the clinch but Yoshida keeps him there for the moment.
Rinaldi takes a shot to the head.
Yoshida prevents Rinaldi from breaking the clinch.
Yoshida lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Rinaldi is rocked!
Yoshida lands a body shot.
Rinaldi is still on wobbly legs! Can Yoshida finish him?
Yoshida is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Rinaldi can do to turn this around?
Yoshida breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Yoshida fakes a right and follows up with a big left that drops Rinaldi to one knee - oooooh, he's wobbly! Rinaldi looks to clinch but Yoshida throws him off and pummels him into the canvas! Rinaldi taps out under the strikes! The fight is over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:53 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Yuuto Yoshida!
Yuuto Yoshida took to the mic after the fight and begged the organizational hierarchy for a shot at the title.
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hype
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