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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Ephram Urani (ranked 826 p4p, 794 weight class) and Kai Yamaguchi (ranked 108 p4p, 104 weight class). Yamaguchi has chosen Yama Yama as his entrance music. Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?
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Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Good wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 32 - 22 - 2, fighting out of New York, Ephram Urani!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 44 - 17 - 1, fighting out of Sydney, Kai Yamaguchi!
The judges for this bout are Chris Edwards, Donald Grub and Phil Schofield.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Urani swings away with a body shot that misses
and Yamaguchi counters with a leg kick.
Urani looks to land a body kick but Yamaguchi moved away.
Urani throws a head kick that misses.
Yamaguchi throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Yamaguchi closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Yamaguchi lands a nice leg kick that just misses Urani's sensitive parts.
Yamaguchi lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Urani throws a jab when Yamaguchi was well out of range.
Yamaguchi is looking to chop away at Urani's legs.
Urani misses with a looping left.
Yamaguchi misses with a head kick.
Urani thinks about countering with a body kick.
Urani fails in his attempt to clinch.
Yamaguchi moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
A low kick lands for Urani.
Urani wants to land a leg kick but Yamaguchi is out of range.
Urani throws a body shot but no joy.
Yamaguchi appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
A looping hook to the body misses from Urani. Yamaguchi does a little dance to reset his feet.
A nice side step and Yamaguchi releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Urani missing with a left hand there. Yamaguchi was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Yamaguchi throws a chopping leg kick but Urani manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Urani checks a low kick from Yamaguchi.
Urani throws a hook to the side of Yamaguchi's head but Yamaguchi sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Yamaguchi throws a nice outside leg kick.
Urani misses with an uppercut
and Yamaguchi counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Yamaguchi scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Yamaguchi tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Urani was well out of range. Poor timing from Yamaguchi.
Yamaguchi throws a leg kick that misses.
Yamaguchi throws a chopping leg kick but Urani manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
A quick step to the side and Urani tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
A bone on bone clash there as Yamaguchi blocks the leg kick.
Yamaguchi throws a leg kick that is checked
and Urani counters with a nice uppercut.
Urani rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Yamaguchi counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Urani looks to land a right hand but Yamaguchi moved out of range.
Yamaguchi needs to keep his hands up - Urani had a free shot at his head there.
Urani throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Yamaguchi was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
Yamaguchi moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Yamaguchi throws a looping overhand right but Urani ducks down to avoid it.
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!
Yamaguchi walks into a jab.
Yamaguchi lands a glancing blow to the side of Urani's head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Urani misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Yamaguchi thows a body kick. Urani tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Yamaguchi misses with a wild body shot.
Yamaguchi walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Urani checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Urani misses with a looping left.
An inside leg kick lands from Yamaguchi.
Urani throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Yamaguchi throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Yamaguchi tests Urani's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Urani looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Yamaguchi throws a nice inside leg kick.
Yamaguchi takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Urani lands with a hook. Yamaguchi tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Yamaguchi scores with a jab to the jaw.
A combination from Urani does no damage.
A clash of legs there as Urani blocks the low kick.
Yamaguchi throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Urani seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
Urani blocks a leg kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Yamaguchi moves away from the strike by Urani.
A cross from Urani lands.
Yamaguchi avoids the body shot from Urani.
A swing and a miss from Yamaguchi.
Urani is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from Yamaguchi.
Urani just misses with a punch to the body.
Yamaguchi has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Urani thumps Yamaguchi with a low kick.
Urani checks a low kick from Yamaguchi.
Urani loads up on a big right hand but Yamaguchi slips the punch.
Yamaguchi misses with a hook. Urani ducked under it nicely.
Yamaguchi 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.
Yamaguchi misses with a low kick as Urani jumps back.
Yamaguchi lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Urani at a distance.
Yamaguchi tries to score with a low kick but Urani moves his leg out of the way.
Urani throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Yamaguchi sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Yamaguchi looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Urani pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Urani fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Yamaguchi, pushing him back against the cage.
Yamaguchi working aggressively here.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Urani is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Still in the clinch, Yamaguchi scores with a nice short uppercut.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Urani pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Yamaguchi lands a body shot.
Yamaguchi pivots, looking for a leg kick but Urani is out of range and Yamaguchi settles back down.
Urani ducks under a wild hook from Yamaguchi.
Yamaguchi lands with an overhand left.
Urani keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Urani tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Urani takes a jab right on the kisser.
Urani 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.
Yamaguchi displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Urani throws out the jab.
Yamaguchi swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Urani jabs Yamaguchi right on the nose. Yamaguchi blinks but takes it well.
Yamaguchi misses with a hook.
Yamaguchi motions for Urani to come forward. Yamaguchi throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Urani takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Yamaguchi misses with a wild body shot.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Kai Yamaguchi will probably get the nod.
That's time! Back to the action!
Urani dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Yamaguchi jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Yamaguchi scores with a jab to the head.
Yamaguchi misses the jab.
Urani moves into the clinch successfully.
Yamaguchi working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Urani lands a body punch.
Yamaguchi swings wildly with an uppercut but Urani uses good head movement to avoid it.
Yamaguchi stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Yamaguchi lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Urani.
Yamaguchi struggles to land a body shot inside as Urani controls his hands.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Urani.
Urani softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Urani lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Yamaguchi tries to throw a body punch but Urani avoids it by throwing Yamaguchi back against the cage.
Urani lands a nice uppercut.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Urani fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Yamaguchi swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Urani lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Yamaguchi or not.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Urani trying to control the position but instead, Yamaguchi has worked for underhooks and has pushed Urani into the cage.
Urani makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Yamaguchi misses with a short punch on the inside.
Yamaguchi lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Yamaguchi blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Urani blocking some punches.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Yamaguchi as Urani tries to tie him up.
Yamaguchi stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Yamaguchi tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Urani lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Yamaguchi lands a body punch in the clinch.
Urani is trying to maintain a safe position but Yamaguchi gets an underhook and turns Urani into the cage.
A short uppercut from Urani.
Urani prevents a body shot from Yamaguchi.
Yamaguchi lands a nice uppercut.
Urani doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Yamaguchi pushes Urani back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Yamaguchi can't find room to land a body shot as Urani controls the action.
A nice left hand lands by Urani.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Urani blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Urani lands an uppercut.
Yamaguchi has a couple of punches blocked by Urani.
Urani blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Yamaguchi tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Urani's elbow.
Urani tries to break the clinch but Yamaguchi is controlling the position.
Urani manages to break the clinch.
Urani throws a leg kick but Yamaguchi moved away.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Urani checks a leg kick.
Yamaguchi avoids a kick to the body.
Yamaguchi was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
Yamaguchi walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Urani checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Good leg kick by Urani.
Urani dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Yamaguchi lands the left hand.
Urani checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Yamaguchi throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Urani throwing a counter right hand but Yamaguchi manages to avoid it.
Yamaguchi uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Urani.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Urani takes a swing at Yamaguchi's ribcage but misses.
Urani pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Yamaguchi shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Urani lands with a cross.
Urani throws a poor cross that misses
and Yamaguchi counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Kai Yamaguchi seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Urani takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Yamaguchi scores with a jab. Urani acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Yamaguchi with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Good work by Urani as he checks the leg kick.
It looked like Urani wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Good shot there by Yamaguchi.
Yamaguchi is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Yamaguchi ducks under a wild hook from Urani.
Yamaguchi is looking to chop away at Urani's legs.
A quick step to the side and Urani tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Yamaguchi swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Urani throws an overhand right that lands on Yamaguchi's shoulder, as Yamaguchi tries to avoid the shot.
A big right from Urani misses.
A big left from Urani misses.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Yamaguchi misses with a low kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Yamaguchi attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Urani was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Yamaguchi uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Urani.
Yamaguchi takes one to the chin there.
Urani is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Yamaguchi slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
A nice inside leg kick there by Urani. That's going to slow Yamaguchi down.
Yamaguchi loads up on a big right hand but Urani slips the punch.
Yamaguchi uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Urani.
Yamaguchi jabs at Urani's body.
Urani lands with a kick to the temple. Yamaguchi shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Urani avoids the body shot from Yamaguchi.
Yamaguchi attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Urani misses with a body shot.
Nice uppercut lands for Urani. That snapped Yamaguchi's head back.
Urani lands with a nice body punch.
Yamaguchi misses the shot to the body.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Yamaguchi misses with a leg kick.
A telegraphed right hand from Urani misses the target.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Ephram Urani will probably get the nod.
That's time! Back to the action! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!
Yamaguchi scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Urani doesn't seem bothered though.
Urani uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Yamaguchi.
Urani misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Yamaguchi.
Urani connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Urani misses with a low kick.
Yamaguchi fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Urani manages to avoid it.
Urani checks a leg kick.
Yamaguchi misses with a lunging right hand
and Yamaguchi takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Urani looks to land a right hand but Yamaguchi moved out of range.
Yamaguchi lands with a nice body punch.
Yamaguchi throws a wild body kick that Urani sees coming a mile off.
Urani blocks a jab.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Urani pivots, looking for a leg kick but Yamaguchi is out of range and Urani settles back down.
Urani backing away here, and Yamaguchi unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
Nice cross by Yamaguchi.
Urani walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Yamaguchi wants to slow Urani down by chopping away at his legs.
Yamaguchi checks a leg kick nicely.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Yamaguchi walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Urani checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Yamaguchi scores with a head kick. Urani tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Some bone on bone action there as Urani checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Urani throws a looping overhand right but Yamaguchi ducks down to avoid it.
Yamaguchi is looking to slow Urani down with leg kicks.
Urani scores with a body shot.
Yamaguchi turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Urani waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Yamaguchi.
Yamaguchi is looking to score with low kicks.
A jab from Urani misses.
Yamaguchi scores with a leg kick.
Urani misses with a looping left.
Urani is looking to slow Yamaguchi down with leg kicks.
Yamaguchi swings widly with a right hand
and Urani holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Yamaguchi presses Urani against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Yamaguchi misses with a hook to the ribs.
Yamaguchi misses with a body punch.
Urani lands a left hand that snaps the head of Yamaguchi backwards.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Urani tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Urani tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Yamaguchi just stands there and leans against the cage.
A nice left hand lands by Yamaguchi.
Urani fails to pull guard.
Urani blocking some punches.
Urani leaning his opponent against the cage.
Urani is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Yamaguchi is keeping busy.
Yamaguchi doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Yamaguchi lands with a right to the head.
Urani's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Yamaguchi throws a big shot that misses.
Yamaguchi has managed to clinch.
Yamaguchi blocking some punches.
Urani fails to pull the fight into his guard.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Ephram Urani. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Urani fails to pull guard.
Kai Yamaguchi seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Yamaguchi misses with a shot to the kidneys.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Yamaguchi misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Urani pulls guard successfully.
Urani throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Urani is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Yamaguchi stands up from Urani's guard - Yamaguchi perhaps looking for a knockout.
Yamaguchi fails in his attempt to clinch.
Yamaguchi swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Urani pushes Yamaguchi up against the cage in a clinch.
Urani blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Urani blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Urani breaks from the clinch.
Yamaguchi throws a hook but Urani avoids it easily.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Yamaguchi scores with a body shot.
Yamaguchi just misses with a punch to the body.
Urani misses with a hook.
Yamaguchi pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Urani is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from Yamaguchi.
Yamaguchi throws a front kick aimed at Urani's knee but Urani avoids it well.
Urani appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Urani with a hook.
Yamaguchi keeps the fight on the outside.
Yamaguchi was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
Urani looks to score with a jab to the body but Yamaguchi is just out of range.
Yamaguchi tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Urani throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Urani moves out of range of the body kick.
Yamaguchi moves away from the strike by Urani.
A jab from Urani misses.
Urani slips a straight right by Yamaguchi.
Urani throws out a loose jab but Yamaguchi uses good head movement to avoid it.
Yamaguchi missing with a left hand there. Urani was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Kai Yamaguchi.
Well Yamaguchi has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Chris Edwards scores the fight 28:30
Judge Donald Grub scores the fight 28:29
Judge Phil Schofield scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Kai Yamaguchi!
After winning the bout, Kai Yamaguchi thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.
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