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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Hudson Oliveira (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sean Yamamoto (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). I don't know about you partner, but I'm pumped for this one!
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185 cm
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220 lbs
1 - 2 - 0 |
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180 cm
22
271 lbs
1 - 4 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
KO power |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division. Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of
1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Hudson Oliveira! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
1 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Sean Yamamoto! The judges for this bout are Thiago Cunha, Seu Braga and Edson Gomes.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Oliveira tries to score a power double leg takedown but Yamamoto sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Oliveira somewhat. Oliveira looks exhausted already! Oh dear, he should have come in in better shape than this! Yamamoto shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Oliveira manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage. Yamamoto is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound. Yamamoto trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat. Yamamoto thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position. Yamamoto has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan. Yamamoto controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling. Yamamoto loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry. Yamamoto controls the pace of the fight for a moment. Yamamoto trying to control but Oliveira is working from the bottom.
That's one minute gone in the round. Yamamoto stands up from Oliveira's guard - Yamamoto perhaps looking for a knockout. Yamamoto fails miserably with a takedown attempt. Yamamoto clinches up with Oliveira and pushes him back against the cage. Yamamoto jumps into guard, dragging Oliveira to the mat.
Yamamoto bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Oliveira's guard. Yamamoto gets to his feet - Oliveira follows without any prompting. Yamamoto clinches up with Oliveira and pushes him back against the cage. Yamamoto gets control of Oliveira's arms and successfully pulls guard. Yamamoto will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back. Yamamoto wriggles free and stands up.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Yamamoto misses with a takedown and Oliveira counters into the clinch. Nicely done. Yamamoto can't get the takedown.
Hudson Oliveira has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Sean Yamamoto. Yamamoto pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat. Sean Yamamoto seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout. This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Yamamoto. This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff! Yamamoto shoots in and bounces Oliveira off the cage to secure the takedown into guard. Oliveira is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Oliveira keeping moving, preventing Yamamoto from controlling successfully. Yamamoto decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Yamamoto closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Oliveira to the mat! Oliveira manages to get full guard. Yamamoto drops back looking for a leg! Oliveira is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Oliveira manages to kick Yamamoto off! Yamamoto jumps back into Oliveira's guard.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult. Yamamoto gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent. Oliveira shoots in but doesn't get the takedown and Yamamoto counters with a nice double leg into half guard. Oliveira looks like he's trying to stand up.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Oliveira wants to get back to full guard. Yamamoto stands up out of the half guard. Yamamoto fails with an attempt to clinch.
Oliveira stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Oliveira wants it to stay on the feet. Yamamoto shoots in but doesn't get the takedown and Oliveira counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Yamamoto's guard now. We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out! Yamamoto is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action. Yamamoto working a defensive guard here.
Oliveira trying to stand up but can't free himself from Yamamoto's guard. And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Sean Yamamoto dominated that round. The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Oliveira gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Yamamoto to score an easy takedown into full guard. Yamamoto stands up from Oliveira's guard - Yamamoto perhaps looking for a knockout. Yamamoto shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Oliveira defends it nicely. Yamamoto has Oliveira up against the cage in a clinch.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here. Yamamoto scores with a shot to the side of Oliveira's head.
That's one minute gone in the round. Yamamoto looking for a takedown. Yamamoto slows down the pace here.
Yamamoto manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back. Yamamoto throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
Yamamoto manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Oliveira manages to get himself to full guard.
Sean Yamamoto has got the better of the ground game so far. Yamamoto wants to control from the top but Oliveira keeps moving. Yamamoto stands up from guard. Let's bang! Yamamoto lands with a hook. Oliveira tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head. Hudson Oliveira is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things. Yamamoto scores with a takedown into Oliveira's guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Yamamoto in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time. Oliveira has his foot on Yamamoto's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Yamamoto works his way back into a safe position though. Yamamoto decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow. Yamamoto with a poor takedown and Oliveira counters with a stiff right hand. Hudson Oliveira has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Sean Yamamoto. Yamamoto gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily and Oliveira counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Oliveira. The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so! Yamamoto avoiding any damage from the ground and pound. Yamamoto bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Oliveira's guard. Yamamoto wants to get up but he can't break Oliveira's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Oliveira is trying to keep Yamamoto in close.
Yamamoto gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent. Oliveira looks to land a body kick but Yamamoto moved away. Yamamoto drives through with a takedown into guard. Oliveira has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Yamamoto can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself. Yamamoto stands up from Oliveira's guard - Yamamoto perhaps looking for a knockout. Yamamoto misses with a double jab
and Oliveira counters with a single leg into guard. Yamamoto didn't expect that.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Yamamoto working a defensive guard here.
Oliveira tries to stand but Yamamoto is controlling from the bottom. Yamamoto is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move. This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff! Yamamoto works his way into side control. As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action. Yamamoto working the ground and pound from side control. Yamamoto wants to control but Oliveira is keeping him busy. And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Sean Yamamoto showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards. The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.
Yamamoto with a lazy takedown attempt and Oliveira counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena. Yamamoto has taken the fight to the clinch.
Yamamoto breaks the clinch.
Yamamoto will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts. Oliveira doesn't succeed with the takedown and Yamamoto counters with a nice double leg into guard. Oliveira is adopting a defensive guard. Oliveira is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Yamamoto stands up over Oliveira, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head. Both fighters are breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round. Yamamoto works over Oliveira with some ground and pound from guard. Yamamoto drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Yamamoto jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position. Yamamoto stops Oliveira from standing up. Oliveira trying to control the position.
Yamamoto content to stall in guard here. Oliveira is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Yamamoto is controlling him.
That's two minutes gone in the round. A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace. Yamamoto slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up. The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing. Yamamoto stopping the sweep attempt from Oliveira. Yamamoto is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound. Yamamoto trying to control the position from guard on top but Oliveira is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can. Yamamoto gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Yamamoto shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Oliveira manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage. Yamamoto trying to control the position from guard on top but Oliveira is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can. Yamamoto makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard. Oliveira controls Yamamoto momentarily but Yamamoto frees himself. Oliveira keeping moving, preventing Yamamoto from controlling successfully. Yamamoto stands up and waves to Oliveira to follow him.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Oliveira with a lazy takedown attempt and Yamamoto counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Yamamoto. Yamamoto's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does. Yamamoto shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Yamamoto showed some decent athleticism there. Sean Yamamoto is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach. Yamamoto is looking to take a break and control but Oliveira is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom. Oliveira manages to get to full guard.
Oliveira not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
And that's the end of the fight! Sean Yamamoto comfortably won the final round on my scorecard. Well Yamamoto has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Thiago Cunha scores the fight 27:30 Judge Seu Braga scores the fight 27:30 Judge Edson Gomes scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Sean Yamamoto!
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energy
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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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