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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Robin Williams (ranked 476 p4p, 787 weight class) and Takashi Yoshida (ranked 29 p4p, 45 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Williams might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Choose Life. Yoshida is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Boogeyman by Motörhead. Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 19 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Robin Williams!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 33 - 12 - 2, fighting out of Helsinki, Takashi Yoshida!
The judges for this bout are Percy O'Donnell, Don Winkell and Frank Antenori.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Williams wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Williams lands a jab to the nose.
Yoshida steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Williams.
A little jabbing left from Yoshida on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Yoshida defending well as Williams loads up on a big left hand.
Robin Williams seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Williams connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Yoshida's hands.
Williams swings for the body but Yoshida moves out of range.
Williams throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Yoshida throws out a counter right but Williams avoids it with no problem.
Williams misses with a body punch
letting Yoshida counter with a right hand.
It looks like Robin Williams has been cut.
Yoshida 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.
Yoshida doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Yoshida misses with a hook. Williams ducked under it nicely.
Yoshida throws a big shot that misses.
Williams takes a swing at Yoshida's ribcage but misses.
Yoshida blocks a low kick nicely.
Williams scores with a punch to the head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Williams clinches.
Williams tries to throw a body punch but Yoshida avoids it by throwing Williams back against the cage.
Yoshida throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Williamss head.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Williams.
Yoshida lands a body shot in the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Williams.
Williams misses with a hook from the clinch.
Yoshida blocks a body shot from Williams.
A short right from Williams on the inside.
Yoshida lands a left hand that snaps the head of Williams backwards.
A short left from Yoshida.
Williams swings wildly with an uppercut but Yoshida uses good head movement to avoid it.
A shot in the inside from Williams.
Yoshida misses with a body punch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Williams.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Yoshida.
Yoshida blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Yoshida prevents a body shot from Williams.
Yoshida misses with some punches.
A short uppercut from Yoshida.
Williams tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Yoshida fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Yoshida misses with a short punch on the inside.
Yoshida digs a right hand into Williams's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Williams's gas tank.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Yoshida lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Williams backwards.
Williams tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Williams blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Williams takes a shot to the head.
Yoshida tries a body shot but Williams blocks it.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Williams.
A short uppercut from Williams.
Williams lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Williams lands with a light punch inside.
Good body shot from Yoshida.
A short left from Yoshida.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Yoshida.
Yoshida misses with a punch on the inside.
Williams misses with the head strike.
Yoshida lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Williams backwards.
Yoshida throws a head punch that misses.
Yoshida misses with a hook from the clinch.
Yoshida lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
A short uppercut from Williams.
Yoshida misses with the head strike.
Williams blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Williams has a couple of punches blocked by Yoshida.
Yoshida misses with the head strike.
Williams lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Yoshida misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Williams tries to throw a body punch but Yoshida avoids it by throwing Williams back against the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Williams tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Yoshida's elbow.
Williams prevents a body shot from Yoshida.
Yoshida has a couple of punches blocked by Williams.
Yoshida has a couple of punches blocked by Williams.
Williams makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Williams lands a shoulder strike.
Yoshida blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Williams working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Williams digs a right hand into Yoshida's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Yoshida's gas tank.
Williams lands with a left to the head.
A short right from Williams on the inside.
Yoshida misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Yoshida swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Williams scores with a hook to the body.
Still in the clinch, Yoshida scores with a nice short uppercut.
Williams's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Williams lands a shot to the body.
Yoshida can't find room to land a body shot as Williams controls the action.
Williams scores with a shot to the side of Yoshida's head.
Yoshida working aggressively here.
Williams misses with some punches.
Williams tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Yoshida's elbow.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Williams.
Williams throws a punch but it's blocked by Yoshida.
Yoshida misses with the head strike.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Yoshida.
Williams scores with a shot to the side of Yoshida's head.
A nice left hand lands by Williams.
Williams misses with the head strike.
Williams misses with a punch on the inside.
Williams misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Yoshida misses with a body punch.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Williams throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Yoshidas head.
Yoshida lands an uppercut.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Williams creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Yoshida can't find room to land a body shot as Williams controls the action.
Williams blocks an uppercut.
Yoshida struggles to land a body shot inside as Williams controls his hands.
Yoshida blocks a punch to the side of the head.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Williams misses with a punch to the body.
Williams lands a left hand that snaps the head of Yoshida backwards.
Williams is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Williams misses with a hook to the ribs.
Williams lands with a light punch inside.
Williams blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Robin Williams dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Robin Williams's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Williams feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Yoshidas jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
A big left from Williams misses.
Williams connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Yoshida's hands.
A jab lands there for Williams.
Williams doesn't manage to clinch there - Yoshida circles away.
Yoshida thinks about the counter body kick.
Williams connects with the punch.
Williams misses with a jab, cross combination.
Williams moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Williams is looking to clinch but Yoshida is avoiding it.
A cross from Williams lands.
Yoshida walks into a straight right hand from Williams.
Williams getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Robin Williams is winning the standup battle so far.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Yoshida ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Williams throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Williams scores with a jab to the body.
Williams connects with a crisp jab.
Williams lands a nice looking body shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Williams gets a clinch.
Yoshida fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Robin Williams has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Yoshida tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Yoshida blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Yoshida blocking some punches.
Williams misses with a body punch.
A short left from Williams.
A right hand to the body from Williams.
Yoshida misses with a punch on the inside.
Williams lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Yoshida doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Williams working aggressively here.
Williams lands a shoulder strike.
Yoshida misses with a punch on the inside.
Yoshida throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Williamss head.
A head punch on the inside from Williams fails to land.
Yoshida tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Williams tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Williams tries to work over Yoshida's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A right hook to the body lands for Yoshida.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A nice left hand lands by Williams.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Yoshida working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Yoshida makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Yoshida lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Yoshida throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Williamss head.
Williams can't find room to land a body shot as Yoshida controls the action.
Yoshida struggles to land a body shot inside as Williams controls his hands.
Williams misses with a short punch on the inside.
Yoshida misses with a hook from the clinch.
Williams misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Williams lands a body shot in the clinch.
Yoshida blocking some punches.
Yoshida lands a body shot.
Williams working aggressively here.
Yoshida blocking some punches.
A short uppercut from Williams.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Yoshida.
Williams lands a body punch in the clinch.
Yoshida throws a head punch that misses.
Yoshida throws a punch but it's blocked by Williams.
Yoshida has a couple of punches blocked by Williams.
Williams blocks an uppercut.
Yoshida blocks a body shot from Williams.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Yoshida makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Williams lands with a short shot to the head.
Yoshida tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Williams creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Williams lands a left hand.
Yoshida blocking some punches.
Williams lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Yoshida backwards.
Yoshida scores with a shot to the side of Williams's head.
Williams blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A shot in the inside from Yoshida.
Yoshida lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Yoshida lands on the inside with an uppercut.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Williams's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Williams lands a body shot.
Williams is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Yoshida pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Williams lands a body shot in the clinch.
Yoshida misses with a short punch on the inside.
Williams's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Yoshida swings wildly with an uppercut but Williams uses good head movement to avoid it.
Yoshida can't find room to land a body shot as Williams controls the action.
Williams is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Yoshida can do to turn this around?
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Williams tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Yoshida lands a hook that snaps the head of Williams backwards.
Yoshida misses with a hook to the ribs.
Williams blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Yoshida misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Williams misses with a body punch.
Williams lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Yoshida backwards.
Williams blocks a body shot from Yoshida.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Yoshida creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Williams has a couple of punches blocked by Yoshida.
Yoshida gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Williams.
Yoshida is pressed up against the cage. Williams has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Yoshida down to the mat. Yoshida avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Robin Williams. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Williams fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Yoshida manages to avoid it.
Williams catches Yoshida with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A punch lands to the side of Williams 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Yoshida scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Williams doesn't seem bothered though.
Yoshida throws out a loose jab but Williams uses good head movement to avoid it.
Williams scores with a hook to the body. Yoshida takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Robin Williams dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Robin Williams's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!
Williams swings for the body but Yoshida moves out of range.
Williams gets the takedown into side control.
Yoshida is trying to improve his position.
Yoshida is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Yoshida prevents Williams from moving into mount.
Williams creates some space and throws a big elbow, but Yoshida sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.
Williams controlling the position from side mount.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Yoshida is looking for a sweep.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Williams trying to control the action but Yoshida is working from the bottom.
Williams tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Williams is looking to take a break and control but Yoshida is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Williams 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.
Yoshida stops Williams from passing to mount.
Yoshida is being controlled here.
The strikes coming from Williams are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
Robin Williams is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Williams remains in side control and seems content to stay there. It's a versatile position from which he can work both strikes and submissions, whilst maintaining that control, so maybe he'll sit here for a while.
Yoshida is not content to let Williams control the position.
Williams takes a little break here. Yoshida wants to take advantage but he is being controlled well.
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Williams misses with a body shot.
It seemed like Yoshida was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Williams looks to throw the jab but Yoshida is out of range.
A nice side step and Yoshida releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Yoshida takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
A cross from Williams lands.
Yoshida keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Williams.
Williams feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Yoshidas jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Williams misses with a body punch
and Yoshida cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Williams, as that shot connected.
Williams chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Takashi Yoshida has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Jab, jab by Williams - just one landing.
Williams looks to score with a jab to the body but Yoshida is just out of range.
Decent striking displayed by Williams there.
Williams lands with a thumping leg kick.
Williams swinging wildly here.
It looks like Williams has been trying to sharpen up his punching technique, as it looks crisper than last time we saw him.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Williams scores with a jab to the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Williams throws a shot to the body.
Williams with a nice cross.
Williams connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Williams.
Yoshida slips a jab from Williams.
Williams dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Yoshida. That did some damage!
Williams misses with a hook.
Takashi Yoshida is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Williams throws out a powerful jab.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Yoshida checks a leg kick.
Williams comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Williams connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Yoshida on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Williams drives through and clinches with Yoshida against the cage.
Yoshida swings away with an uppercut that misses.
And that's the end of the fight!
Robin Williams showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Williams has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 30:27
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight 30:27
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Robin Williams!
In his post fight interview, Robin Williams started talking himself up. Luckily his charisma kept the crowd on side and gave him a good reception.
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