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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jim Calloway (ranked 2385 p4p, 2271 weight class) and Kenji Yamazaki (ranked 279 p4p, 271 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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188 cm 28 215 6 - 3 - 0 |
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188 cm 21 205 6 - 3 - 0 |
Good wrestling Lethal high kicks Insanely flexible |
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Good wrestler Decent boxing Good gas tank |
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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 6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jim Calloway! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of 6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Kenji Yamazaki! The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, Frank Antenori and Jack Bonds.
![](https://www.mmatycoon.com/images/fight/round1.jpg) The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Calloway misses with a right hand and Yamazaki counters with a straight right hand. Yamazaki misses with a series of wild punches.
A jab from Yamazaki misses. Calloway throws out a token jab with nothing on it. Yamazaki lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected. Calloway throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land. Yamazaki avoids the body shot from Calloway.
Yamazaki closes the distance and clinches. Calloway lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage. Calloway misses with a punch on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Calloway. A head punch on the inside from Yamazaki fails to land. We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up. Calloway blocking some punches.
Calloway misses with a hook from the clinch. Calloway scores with a hook to the body. Calloway definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight. Yamazaki misses with a short punch on the inside. Yamazaki working aggressively here.
Calloway managing to block the knees to the body from Yamazaki.
Calloway lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Yamazaki.
![](https://www.mmatycoon.com/images/fight/1.gif) That's one minute gone in the round. Yamazaki misses with a hook from the clinch. Yamazaki misses with the head strike.
Calloway lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Yamazaki misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Calloway.
Yamazaki misses with a punch on the inside.
A short uppercut from Calloway. Yamazaki misses with some punches.
A head punch on the inside from Yamazaki fails to land. Calloway misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Yamazaki lands with a light punch inside. Yamazaki has a couple of punches blocked by Calloway.
Calloway lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Yamazaki. Yamazaki swings wildly with an uppercut but Calloway uses good head movement to avoid it. Still in the clinch, Calloway scores with a nice short uppercut. Yamazaki misses with a hook from the clinch. Yamazaki trying to land knees to the body.
Yamazaki's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button! Calloway swings away with an uppercut that misses.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here. Calloway doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Yamazaki softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage. A short right from Calloway.
![](https://www.mmatycoon.com/images/fight/2.gif) That's two minutes gone in the round. Calloway working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely. A short right hand to the side of the head by Yamazaki. A short right from Calloway on the inside.
![](https://www.mmatycoon.com/images/fight/rocked.gif) Yamazaki is rocked! Calloway has a couple of punches blocked by Yamazaki.
Yamazaki is still on wobbly legs! Can Calloway finish him? Yamazaki throws a head punch that misses. Yamazaki tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage. Yamazaki swings wildly with an uppercut but Calloway uses good head movement to avoid it. Calloway swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Yamazaki misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Calloway.
Yamazaki seems to have recovered his senses. Calloway creates some distance for himself and unleashes a massive uppercut that sends Yamazaki's eyes rolling into the back of his head! Yamazaki drops to his knees and Calloway pours it on with more strikes until the referee steps in to end the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:26 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jim Calloway! A very excited looking Jim Calloway made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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