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Coming up we have a lightweight kickboxing rules bout between Yakami Sansho (ranked 4321 p4p, 4287 weight class) and Jermaine Pearson (ranked 341 p4p, 336 weight class). Sansho's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Sordid by Amon Tobin. Man, I cannot wait for this one!
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Solid Muay Thai
Granite chin
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Brawler
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Yakami Sansho!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Jermaine Pearson!
The judges for this bout are Taro Takaoka, Kenichi Hosakawa and Hirohito Nitta.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Pearson closes the distance and pushes Sansho back into the ropes.
Sansho wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Pearson has him pressed against the ropes.
Sansho struggles to land a body shot inside as Pearson controls his hands.
Pearson misses with a body punch.
Sansho misses with a hook to the ribs.
Pearson stalling against the ropes.
Sansho fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Pearson blocking some punches.
Sansho has had enough of the clinch but Pearson keeps him there for the moment.
Sansho throws a head punch that misses.
A right hook to the body lands for Sansho.
Pearson slowing the pace effectively.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sansho scores with a nice hook to the head.
Pearson throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Sanshos head.
Sansho blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Pearson stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Pearson is pushing Sansho up against the ropes, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sansho working aggressively here.
Pearson has Sansho pushed against the ropes.
Pearson tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Sansho avoids it.
Pearson is struggling to control the position.
Sansho misses with a body punch.
Pearson prevents a body shot from Sansho.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Pearson.
A nice right hand lands inside from Sansho.
Pearson slows down the pace here.
Sansho swings away with an uppercut that misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A shot in the inside from Sansho.
Sansho misses with a body punch.
Sansho is trying to break free.
Sansho throws a punch but it's blocked by Pearson.
Sansho working aggressively here.
Sansho is trying to break the clinch but Pearson is controlling him.
Pearson content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Pearson trying to land knees to the body.
Pearson slows down the pace here.
Pearson stalls.
Sansho misses with a hook to the ribs.
Pearson with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Still in the clinch, Sansho scores with a nice short uppercut.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pearson prevents Sansho from breaking the clinch.
Pearson pushes Sansho back against the ropes and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Sansho misses with a punch on the inside.
Pearson effectively controlling the action here.
Pearson throws a knee to the head but misses.
Sansho on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Sansho on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Pearson throws an elbow but it misses.
Pearson displaying some good clinch control by pressing Sansho up against the ropes.
A short uppercut from Sansho.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sansho scores with a shot to the side of Pearson's head.
Pearson trying to land knees to the body.
Sansho working hard to break the clinch.
Sansho lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Pearson backwards.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Sansho.
Sansho lands with a light punch inside.
The fighters are pressed against the ropes, as the pace of the fight slows.
Pearson is stalling here.
Sansho misses with a punch to the body.
Sansho lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Pearson displaying some good clinch control by pressing Sansho up against the ropes.
Pearson is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Sansho is defending well for now.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Yakami Sansho dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Pearson takes the fight into the clinch.
Yakami Sansho has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Pearson misses with a body punch.
Pearson tries to land knees in the clinch but Sansho avoids the damage to the body.
Pearson taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Sansho lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Sansho digs a right hand into Pearson's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Pearson's gas tank.
Pearson misses with a knee to the head.
Nice body punch from Sansho.
Pearson with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Sansho working aggressively here.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Pearson will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Sansho up against the ropes.
Pearson misses with a body punch.
Pearson is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A frustrated look appears on Sansho's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Pearson working aggressively here.
Sansho misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Sansho lands with a right to the head.
Pearson stalling the fight.
Sansho misses with a body punch.
Sansho managing to block the knees to the body from Pearson.
Good body shot from Sansho.
Sansho misses with a hook from the clinch.
Sansho tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Sansho wants to get back to striking at distance but Pearson won't allow it.
Sansho has a couple of punches blocked by Pearson.
Pearson is struggling to control the position.
Pearson is pushing Sansho up against the ropes, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Pearson receives a warning from the referee for stalling.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pearson misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Sansho.
Sansho looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Pearson blocks an uppercut.
Pearson taking a breather.
Sansho avoids a wild elbow strike from Pearson.
Pearson misses with a hook to the ribs.
Sansho has had enough of the clinch but Pearson keeps him there for the moment.
Sansho tries to throw a body punch but Pearson avoids it by throwing Sansho back against the ropes.
Sansho doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Sansho fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Sansho lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Pearson taking a breather.
Pearson creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pearson is looking to control Sansho's arms but Sansho gets an underhook and turns him. Now Pearson has his back to the ropes.
Pearson doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A frustrated look appears on Sansho's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Sansho swings wildly with an uppercut but Pearson uses good head movement to avoid it.
Pearson holding his opponent close, against the ropes.
Pearson trying to stall but Sansho improves his position.
Sansho blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Sansho swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Sansho blocks an uppercut.
Pearson throws a punch but it's blocked by Sansho.
Pearson is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Sansho is defending well for now.
Pearson blocks a body shot from Sansho.
Sansho works on Pearson's body with a couple of short punches.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sansho lands with a right to the head.
Sansho working hard to break the clinch.
Pearson with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Pearson taking a breather.
A frustrated look appears on Sansho's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Sansho fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Pearson is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Pearson stalling in the clinch but Sansho improves position.
Pearson misses with a punch to the body.
A head punch on the inside from Sansho fails to land.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Sansho blocks an uppercut.
A right hook to the body lands for Sansho.
Sansho can't break the clinch.
Sansho misses with a hook to the ribs.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Yakami Sansho dominated that second round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!
Sansho punishes Pearson's body with a nice straight punch.
Sansho tries to clinch up but Pearson circles away and keeps his distance.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Pearson holding his opponent close, against the ropes.
Sansho working aggressively here.
Sansho misses with a body punch.
Sansho lands a left hand that snaps the head of Pearson backwards.
Pearson has Sansho pressed against the ropes, preventing Sansho from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sansho blocks a body shot from Pearson.
Sansho lands an uppercut.
Sansho scores with a hook to the body.
Pearson keeps control of Sansho as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Sansho avoids the elbow strike from Pearson, against the ropes.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Pearson slows down the pace here.
Pearson with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Sansho tries to throw a body punch but Pearson avoids it by throwing Sansho back against the ropes.
Sansho swings wildly with an uppercut but Pearson uses good head movement to avoid it.
Pearson looking to stall.
Sansho being controlled against the ropes.
Pearson misses with a body punch.
Pearson is stalling here.
Pearson wants to stall.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Pearson takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Jermaine Pearson.
Pearson clinches up with Sansho and pushes him back against the ropes.
Pearson just leaning against Sansho, taking a breather.
Pearson is pushing Sansho up against the ropes, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Pearson looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Still in the clinch, Sansho scores with a nice short uppercut.
Pearson misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Sansho lands an uppercut.
Pearson avoiding damage.
Pearson controlling the action here for a moment.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sansho misses with some punches.
Pearson taking a breather.
Sansho doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Sansho lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Pearson backwards.
Pearson manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
A shot in the inside from Sansho.
Sansho working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Pearson misses with a hook to the ribs.
Pearson blocking some punches.
Sansho tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Pearson's elbow.
Sansho misses with some punches.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pearson cracks Sansho with a nice body shot.
Pearson tries to stall but Sansho uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Sansho swings wildly with an uppercut but Pearson uses good head movement to avoid it.
Sansho tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Pearson's elbow.
Pearson trying to land knees to the body.
Pearson throws a punch but it's blocked by Sansho.
Pearson blocks an uppercut.
Sansho misses with a punch on the inside.
Pearson prevents Sansho from breaking the clinch.
Pearson has Sansho pushed against the ropes.
Sansho has a couple of punches blocked by Pearson.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
A head punch on the inside from Sansho fails to land.
Jermaine Pearson has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Pearson doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
With the fighters clinched against the ropes, Sansho creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
And that's the end of the fight!
Yakami Sansho showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Sansho 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 Taro Takaoka scores the fight for Yakami Sansho!
Judge Kenichi Hosakawa scores the fight for Yakami Sansho!
Judge Hirohito Nitta scores the fight for Yakami Sansho!
Yakami Sansho wins by unanimous decision!
A very excited looking Yakami Sansho 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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RATING
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