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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Frederique Yakum (ranked 4128 p4p, 4829 weight class) and William Steve (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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BJJ Blue Belt
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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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Frederique Yakum!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, William Steve!
The judges for this bout are Saam Ante, Nard Betker and Daniel Blasius.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Yakum tries to score with a low kick but Steve moves his leg out of the way.
Steve now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Yakum throws a sloppy head kick and Steve moves out of range easily.
Yakum shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Yakum controlling the pace.
Yakum throwing shots but Steve is blocking nicely.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Steve desperately trying to maintain half guard.
Yakum stops Steve from getting back to his feet.
Steve really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Yakum. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Yakum is trying to control the action in half guard but Steve is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Yakum stalling away here and it's allowed Steve to slip out his trapped foot and regain full guard.
Steve looking to control.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Steve holds on and takes a little breather.
The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Steve is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Yakum tries to clinch there but Steve circles away.
Steve let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Yakum fails to land with a series of punches.
A head kick misses from Yakum.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Yakum misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Steve let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Yakum is looking to clinch.
Steve is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Yakum with a body shot.
Yakum waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Steve.
Yakum fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Steve let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Yakum fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Yakum fails in his attempt to clinch.
Yakum throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Yakum closes the distance but Steve moves to the side
and Steve counters with a one-two to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Steve keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Yakum fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Steve avoids it really well and circles away.
Steve now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Frederique Yakum. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Yakum is breathing heavily.
Yakum tries to clinch but Steve is having none of it.
A countering left hand to the body from Steve misses.
Yakum will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Steve avoids the head kick by Yakum.
Yakum throws a head kick but Steve moves out of range.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Yakum shoots and misses
and Steve counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Yakum thinking.
Yakum tries to clinch but Steve moves away
and Steve counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Yakum throws a head kick that misses.
Steve now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Steve uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Yakum.
Steve now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
A low kick from Yakum is predictable there
and Steve counters with a nice body shot.
Yakum tries to clinch but Steve moves away
and Steve counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Yakum throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Steve appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Yakum shoots in looking for a takedown but Steve manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Yakum's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
A nice side step and Steve releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Yakum fails with the takedown
and Steve counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
William Steve dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
The fight stays on the outside here - Yakum looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Yakum ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Steve moves away.
Yakum is looking to clinch.
A nice side step and Steve releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Steve keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Yakum tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Steve manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Yakum tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Steve counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Yakum darts in looking for a takedown but Steve gets double underhooks and turns Yakum into the cage.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Nice body punch from Steve - that landed with a thud.
Steve stalling against the cage.
Steve has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Steve wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Yakum has him pressed against the cage.
Steve misses with an elbow strike.
Yakum prevents the takedown attempt.
Steve tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Yakum avoids it.
Yakum fails to pull guard.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Frederique Yakum. That's going to take a lot out of him.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Yakum has Steve pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Steve manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Yakum tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Steve's elbow.
Steve keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Yakum's efforts to push away.
Yakum successfully pulls guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Steve keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Yakum's head.
Steve must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Steve scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Steve lands a couple of elbows.
Steve stopping the sweep attempt from Yakum.
Yakum working a defensive guard here.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Steve's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Steve working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Yakum's head.
Yakum is rocked!
Steve is working Yakum over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Oh Yakum is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Steve wants to control from the top but Yakum keeps moving.
Steve postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Yakum keeping moving, preventing Steve from controlling successfully.
Steve's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Yakum seems to have got his legs back now.
Steve makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Steve content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Steve working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Yakum's head.
Steve working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Yakum's head.
Steve controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Steve lands a couple of elbows.
Steve cracks Yakum with a solid left hand.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Steve tries to stand but Yakum is controlling from the bottom.
Steve landing some decent shots from guard.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Steve postures up from his opponent's guard, before exploding into some vicious ground and pound! Yakum covers up, he's hurt! Steve keeps throwing the strikes, glancing at the referee... Will he stop it?? One more big shot from Steve and the ref steps in to end the fight! Steve can't hide his delight as he celebrates with his corner.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:59 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). William Steve!
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