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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Antoine LeMahieu (ranked 2008 p4p, 2861 weight class) and Mario Yamasaki (ranked 275 p4p, 361 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think LeMahieu might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Mozart - Lacrimosa. Yamasaki has chosen 2Pac - The Warriors Way as his entrance music. Both fighters really staring each other down here, as Mario Yamasaki enters the cage!
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Decent wrestler
Excellent MT
Insanely flexible |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
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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 6 - 1 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Antoine LeMahieu!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 14 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Mario Yamasaki!
The judges for this bout are James Glass, James Ackerman and Chris Edwards.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Yamasaki throws an off balance right hand
and LeMahieu counters with a stiff right hand.
LeMahieu scores with a jab.
Yamasaki rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but LeMahieu moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Yamasaki moves out of range of the strikes.
A looping hook to the body misses from Yamasaki. LeMahieu does a little dance to reset his feet.
Yamasaki misses with a left hand
and LeMahieu counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
LeMahieu misses the shot to the body.
Yamasaki's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Yamasaki duly obliges.
Yamasaki misses with a hook
and LeMahieu counters with a nice low kick that buckles Yamasaki's knee momentarily.
Yamasaki closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Yamasaki misses with a looping left.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Yamasaki misses with a hook
and LeMahieu counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
LeMahieu digs a good hook to Yamasaki's body.
Yamasaki takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
LeMahieu is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Yamasaki misses with a telegraphed body shot
and LeMahieu counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
LeMahieu ducks under a wild hook from Yamasaki.
Yamasaki throws a lazy right hand but LeMahieu sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
A little feinted left hand from LeMahieu on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
LeMahieu scores with a spinning back kick!
Yamasaki is really struggling to land any decent head shots against his taller opponent.
That's one minute gone in the round.
LeMahieu takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
We've been told by LeMahieu's head coaches at Cozad MMA Las Vegas that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
LeMahieu throws a lazy right hand but Yamasaki sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
LeMahieu bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
LeMahieu scores with a hook to the body. Yamasaki takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
The fighters circling - LeMahieu throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Yamasaki avoids the body shot from LeMahieu.
A little jabbing left from Yamasaki on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Yamasaki misses with a hook.
LeMahieu walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
LeMahieu with the inside leg kick.
Yamasaki throws a lazy right hand but LeMahieu sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Yamasaki has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.
LeMahieu thumps Yamasaki with a low kick.
LeMahieu misses the shot to the body.
Yamasaki moves out of range of the strikes.
A jab lands there for LeMahieu.
Yamasaki pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
LeMahieu swings and misses with a hook to the body.
LeMahieu is looking to chop away at Yamasaki's legs.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
LeMahieu ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
LeMahieu ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Yamasaki misses with a wild combination.
LeMahieu displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Yamasaki throws out the jab.
Yamasaki scores with a hook to the body. LeMahieu takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
LeMahieu connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
LeMahieu misses with a hook. Yamasaki ducked under it nicely.
Yamasaki misses with a body shot.
Yamasaki scores with a jab. LeMahieu acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Yamasaki slips under a jab from LeMahieu.
LeMahieu fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Yamasaki has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Yamasaki takes a swing at LeMahieu's ribcage but misses.
LeMahieu quickly followed up with a counter body kick but doesn't connect.
A nice inside leg kick there by LeMahieu. That's going to slow Yamasaki down.
Yamasaki lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but LeMahieu circles away quickly and effectively.
It looked like LeMahieu was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Yamasaki.
A big right from Yamasaki misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Donk. Yamasaki catches LeMahieu right on the button with a cross.
Yamasaki scores with a jab. LeMahieu acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Yamasaki lands a jab to the head.
Yamasaki pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
LeMahieu misses the shot to the body.
LeMahieu throws a shot to the body.
A swing and a miss from Yamasaki.
LeMahieu throws a jab when Yamasaki was well out of range.
Yamasaki feints a jab promting LeMahieu to slip. Yamasaki then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. LeMahieu slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
LeMahieu is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Yamasaki swings for the body but LeMahieu moves out of range.
Yamasaki gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Yamasaki looks to land a right hand but LeMahieu moved out of range.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A swing and a miss from LeMahieu.
Yamasaki ducks under a wild hook from LeMahieu.
Yamasaki misses with a double jab
and LeMahieu counters with an inside leg kick.
Yamasaki lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Yamasaki pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
LeMahieu lands with a kick to the temple. Yamasaki shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Yamasaki has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from LeMahieu finds it's way round the side to connect with Yamasaki's head.
LeMahieu misses the shot to the body.
LeMahieu connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Yamasaki momentarily.
Yamasaki throws a right hand that LeMahieu ducks under and follows up with a left that LeMahieu also avoids with ease.
LeMahieu steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Yamasaki.
LeMahieu just misses with a punch to the body.
LeMahieu dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Yamasaki. That did some damage!
Yamasaki misses with a lunging right hand
and LeMahieu connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
LeMahieu lands a nice shot that snaps Yamasaki's head back.
Yamasaki swinging wildly here.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Yamasaki misses the jab.
Yamasaki throws out a loose jab but LeMahieu uses good head movement to avoid it.
LeMahieu tried to counter with a leg kick but Yamasaki avoided it.
LeMahieu moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Antoine LeMahieu dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
LeMahieu scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
LeMahieu is looking to slow Yamasaki down with leg kicks.
Yamasaki waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract LeMahieu.
LeMahieu fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Yamasaki.
Yamasaki falls off balance throwing a combination
and LeMahieu counters with a lovely straight right hand!
A slow jab from Yamasaki misses its intended target.
A punch combination from Yamasaki misses.
LeMahieu swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Yamasaki staying out of range there.
Yamasaki looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
A jab from Yamasaki misses.
LeMahieu lifts his leg as if looking to counter with a high kick.
Yamasaki walks forward, straight into a front kick from LeMahieu.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Yamasaki looks to land a right hand but LeMahieu moved out of range.
A big right from Yamasaki misses.
A little feinted left hand from LeMahieu on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
LeMahieu scores with a shot to the body.
Yamasaki takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Antoine LeMahieu is winning the standup battle so far.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Crunch! LeMahieu slams his shin into Yamasaki's torso.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Yamasaki uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Yamasaki throws an ugly left hook that misses
and LeMahieu counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Yamasaki misses with a looping left.
As Yamasaki backs away, LeMahieu returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
LeMahieu uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Yamasaki.
LeMahieu feints and then cracks Yamasaki's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Yamasaki down.
LeMahieu is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Yamasaki can do to turn this around?
LeMahieu tests Yamasaki's chin there with a solid looking shot.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by LeMahieu.
Yamasaki throws a series of punches but LeMahieu avoids them all with ease.
LeMahieu tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Yamasaki was well out of range. Poor timing from LeMahieu.
Yamasaki misses with a straight left.
Yamasaki throws a shot from downtown. LeMahieu moves away and avoids it.
LeMahieu connects with a crisp jab.
Yamasaki waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract LeMahieu.
Yamasaki lands a jab to the nose.
Yamasaki might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
LeMahieu lands a right hook to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
LeMahieu uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Yamasaki.
A low kick lands for LeMahieu.
Good exchange - Yamasaki coming out on top.
Yamasaki uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before LeMahieu has time to react.
Yamasaki's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Yamasaki throws a right hand that misses
and LeMahieu counters with a nice leg kick.
Yamasaki lands a nice shot that snaps LeMahieu's head back.
LeMahieu lands a slapping body shot.
LeMahieu throws a leg kick which misses Yamasaki's front leg but catches the back leg as Yamasaki tries to avoid it.
A jab from Yamasaki misses.
Yamasaki misses with a series of wild punches.
A nice leg kick from LeMahieu, right into the meat of the thigh.
Yamasaki looks to score with a jab to the body but LeMahieu is just out of range.
LeMahieu throws a quick counter head kick but Yamasaki was just out of range.
Yamasaki takes a swing at LeMahieu's ribcage but misses.
LeMahieu works Yamasaki's body with a nice hook.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
LeMahieu walks into a stiff left hand from Yamasaki.
A cross from LeMahieu lands.
LeMahieu lands a jab to the head.
Yamasaki jabbing away but nothing is landing.
LeMahieu appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Yamasaki throws a shot from downtown. LeMahieu moves away and avoids it.
Yamasaki throws a hook but LeMahieu blocks it.
A right-left combo lands from Yamasaki.
Yamasaki lands a nice looking body shot.
Nice uppercut lands for Yamasaki. That snapped LeMahieu's head back.
LeMahieu slips a jab and a cross from Yamasaki.
Yamasaki has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
LeMahieu avoids the body shot from Yamasaki.
Yamasaki lands an overhand right.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Yamasaki misses with a few strikes there.
A cross from LeMahieu lands.
LeMahieu moves away from the strike by Yamasaki.
Yamasaki has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from LeMahieu.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Yamasaki pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
LeMahieu with a hook.
Yamasaki misses with a jab to the body
and LeMahieu counters with a slapping leg kick.
LeMahieu uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Yamasaki.
Yamasaki fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Yamasaki on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
LeMahieu lands a body shot.
Yamasaki displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as LeMahieu throws out the jab.
LeMahieu scores with a sloppy right hand. Yamasaki should have avoided that one.
Yamasaki takes a swing at LeMahieu's ribcage but misses.
Yamasaki has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Yamasaki there as he acknowledges the shot.
LeMahieu avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
No joy there for Yamasaki, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Yamasaki misses with a wild combination.
Yamasaki moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
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 Antoine LeMahieu will probably get the nod.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!
Yamasaki tries to move into range but LeMahieu moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
LeMahieu scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with each other but Yamasaki might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, LeMahieu has got the better of the exchanges.
Yamasaki takes a shot to the body in his stride.
LeMahieu just misses with a punch to the body.
Yamasaki unleashes a big counter combination but LeMahieu bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Yamasaki throws a predictable looking body shot
and LeMahieu counters with a straight right hand.
LeMahieu lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Yamasaki swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Yamasaki misses with a telegraphed body shot
and LeMahieu counters with a stiff right hand.
A solid leg kick lands there for LeMahieu.
Yamasaki clobbers LeMahieu with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
A shot to the body from Yamasaki misses
and LeMahieu counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Yamasaki misses with a hook.
Yamasaki uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from LeMahieu.
Good exchange - LeMahieu coming out on top.
Yamasaki swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Yamasaki throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
LeMahieu lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
A swing and a miss from Yamasaki.
LeMahieu connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
LeMahieu lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
LeMahieu keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Yamasaki.
A jab from Yamasaki misses.
Yamasaki misses with a left hand
and LeMahieu counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
LeMahieu waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Yamasaki.
A nice side step and Yamasaki releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Yamasaki misses with the combination.
Yamasaki looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Yamasaki misses with a right hand
and Yamasaki takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Yamasaki throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Yamasaki drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Yamasaki takes a body punch but keeps moving.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Yamasaki on the wrong end of a nice jab.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
LeMahieu slips under a jab.
Decent striking displayed by LeMahieu there.
Yamasaki scores with a hook to the body. LeMahieu takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Yamasaki fakes high and swings low for a body shot but LeMahieu manages to avoid it.
Yamasaki misses with a two punch combination.
LeMahieu feints and then cracks Yamasaki's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Yamasaki down.
A big left from Yamasaki misses.
LeMahieu lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Yamasaki throws a right hand that misses
and LeMahieu connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
LeMahieu throws an overhand right that lands on Yamasaki's shoulder, as Yamasaki tries to avoid the shot.
Yamasaki pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
LeMahieu looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Yamasaki keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Yamasaki! But no joy.
LeMahieu throws a quick inside leg kick.
Yamasaki scores with a body shot.
Yamasaki takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
A big left from Yamasaki misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
LeMahieu throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Yamasaki looks to score with a jab to the body but LeMahieu is just out of range.
Yamasaki throws a body punch but LeMahieu moves out of range.
Yamasaki waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract LeMahieu.
LeMahieu lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Yamasaki avoids the head kick by LeMahieu.
LeMahieu thuds his right hand into Yamasaki's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Yamasaki blocks a jab.
Yamasaki looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Yamasaki misses with a left hand
and LeMahieu counters with a slapping leg kick.
LeMahieu scoring well with a low kick there.
Yamasaki throws a jab when LeMahieu was well out of range.
Yamasaki misses with a hook
and LeMahieu makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Yamasaki really felt that one!
Yamasaki takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Yamasaki misses with a right hand
and LeMahieu counters with a lovely straight right hand!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
LeMahieu connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Yamasaki's hands.
LeMahieu connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Yamasaki scores with a nice head shot.
Yamasaki lands a nice looking body shot.
Yamasaki throws a combination but it was largely blocked by LeMahieu.
Yamasaki takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Yamasaki swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
LeMahieu misses with a double jab.
Yamasaki throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
LeMahieu uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Yamasaki.
LeMahieu moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
A big right from Yamasaki misses.
LeMahieu looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
LeMahieu scores with a jab to the head.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
LeMahieu takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Antoine LeMahieu is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Yamasaki misses the shot to the body.
LeMahieu digs a good body shot into Yamasaki's ribs.
Mario Yamasaki has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Yamasaki takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
And that's the end of the fight!
Antoine LeMahieu showed his dominance in that final round.
Well LeMahieu has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 James Glass scores the fight 30:27
Judge James Ackerman scores the fight 30:27
Judge Chris Edwards scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Antoine LeMahieu!
After the fight, Antoine LeMahieu was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.
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