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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Soo Young Yoo (ranked 2158 p4p, 2578 weight class) and Thomas Davis (ranked 154 p4p, 181 weight class). Davis has chosen Not like us as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Soo Young Yoo has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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130
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BJJ Purple Belt
Counter fighter
Good chin |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the bantamweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Soo Young Yoo!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Thomas Davis!
The judges for this bout are Jeff Smith, Micheangelo Fripello and Paul Gruel.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
We've got one fighter who appears to only be looking to counter and the other not looking particularly aggressive either, so we could be in for a dull fight.
Yoo throws a big shot that misses.
Davis looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Yoo fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Yoo shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Davis manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Yoo loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Yoo in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Yoo sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Davis is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Yoo drops back for a leg but he's not going to get it - he lets go and Davis dives on top into guard.
Yoo looking to control.
Yoo is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Davis is aware though and is defending well.
Yoo has thrown up a leg looking for a triangle. Davis doesn't defend quickly enough and Yoo has managed to lock this one up! Can Davis escape?! NO! He's tapping out! Damn, that was a quick submission - congrats to Yoo on a fantastic submission victory.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle). Soo Young Yoo!
Soo Young Yoo is the new bantamweight champion!
A very excited looking Soo Young Yoo 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.
Thomas Davis spoke after the fight, saying 'it is what it is, thanks to the opponent.'.
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energy
A | B |
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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