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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Kevin Yanaoki (ranked 25300 p4p, 4779 weight class) and William Holmboe (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rumors backstage are that the fighters have been paid to keep it standing but we know that would never happen in MMA!
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BJJ Brown Belt
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BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Kevin Yanaoki!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, William Holmboe!
The judges for this bout are Josh West, Micheangelo Fripello and Roger Salmon.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Holmboe shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Yanaoki manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
Holmboe preventing the sweep.
Holmboe sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Holmboe with a flurry of punches that miss.
Holmboe showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Holmboe accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Holmboe controlling from the top position.
Holmboe preventing the sweep.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Yanaoki is on top in guard.
Yanaoki drops back looking for a leg! Holmboe is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Holmboe manages to kick Yanaoki off! Yanaoki jumps back into Holmboe's guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Yanaoki drops back looking for a leg! Holmboe is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Holmboe manages to kick Yanaoki off! Yanaoki jumps back into Holmboe's guard.
Holmboe is pulling down on Yanaoki's head. It's preventing any offense from Yanaoki, at least for the moment.
Holmboe tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Yanaoki thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Yanaoki drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Yanaoki jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Yanaoki is holding a leg here, probably looking for an ankle lock - he drops back and goes for it! Holmboe is in trouble! Is it all over??? No! Holmboe has escaped and now he's on top!
Yanaoki lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Yanaoki drops back looking for a leg! Holmboe is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Holmboe manages to kick Yanaoki off! Yanaoki jumps back into Holmboe's guard.
Yanaoki drops back looking for a leg! Holmboe is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Holmboe manages to kick Yanaoki off! Yanaoki jumps back into Holmboe's guard.
Holmboe managing to control the position.
Yanaoki is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Holmboe is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Yanaoki slips nicely into half guard.
Holmboe is positioning himself well to prevent Yanaoki advancing to mount.
Yanaoki is working for a kimura but Holmboe is defending it quite comfortably.
Holmboe is controlling Yanaoki's position as best he can from this difficult position.
Yanaoki is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Holmboe defends it well.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Yanaoki wants to work for an arm triangle but Holmboe is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Yanaoki prevents Holmboe from standing back up.
Yanaoki is working for a submission here. He's got hold of the far side arm and he's looking for a kimura. He's cranking on the arm and he's got it! Holmboe is tapping out! Ouch, that looked like it hurt!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:39 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Kevin Yanaoki!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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