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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Carlos Junior (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sanji Yokohama (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The fight MMA fans around the world have waited their entire lives for!
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212 lbs
0 - 2 - 0 |
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194 lbs
1 - 16 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Big heart |
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BJJ Purple Belt
Good kicks
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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
0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Carlos Junior!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 16 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Sanji Yokohama!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Shimada, Shigeki Sano and Ren Mimura.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Junior fails with an attempt to clinch.
Yokohama closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Junior quickly recovers to half guard.
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.
Junior is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Yokohama missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Junior wants to control but Yokohama is keeping busy.
Yokohama not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Junior blocking the ground and pound attempt from Yokohama.
Junior might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Junior is looking to improve his position.
Junior keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Yokohama throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Junior is defending against the submission attempts here by Yokohama.
Yokohama is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Yokohama sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Junior defending well though.
Yokohama uses his free foot to push down on Junior's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for Junior.
Junior tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Junior wants to control but Yokohama is having none of it.
Yokohama throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Junior tries to buck Yokohama off but he can't manage it.
Junior takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Yokohama connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Yokohama sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Yokohama lands a big shot there that rocks Junior but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Yokohama looking to finish with strikes here!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Junior blocking the ground and pound.
Junior knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Yokohama on the ground.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Yokohama looking to finish Junior with some ground and pound. This is bad for Junior!
Yokohama has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Junior is looking to get back to his feet - it's going to be hard from this position.
Yokohama avoids the attempt from Junior to control.
Junior is breathing heavily.
Yokohama looking to ground and pound but Junior is blocking nicely.
Junior manages to work a leg through to get back to half guard here. Good work there by Junior, under a barage of strikes from Yokohama.
Yokohama not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Junior is trying to stand back up but Yokohama is controlling him
Yokohama thows a huge punch but Junior dodges it nicely.
Yokohama prevents Junior from standing back up.
Yokohama with the ground and pound but Junior uses the opportunity to regain guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Yokohama throws and elbow that misses. Junior uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Yokohama's guard. Nice move by Junior!
Yokohama looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Yokohama had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Junior defends it easily.
Junior trying to control the position from guard on top but Yokohama is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Junior scoring with some ground and pound.
Junior has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Junior trying to control but Yokohama is working from the bottom.
Yokohama is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Junior is aware though and is defending well.
Junior trying to control but Yokohama is working from the bottom.
Yokohama has his foot on Junior's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Junior works his way back into a safe position though.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Junior's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Yokohama keeping moving, preventing Junior from controlling successfully.
Junior trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Junior wants to control from the top but Yokohama keeps moving.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Yokohama pushes a forearm under Junior's chin to create some space. He's escaped his hips and pivoted quickly for an armbar! Can he extend the arm? Yes, Junior is tapping out! Damn, that was fast!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:46 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Sanji Yokohama!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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FIGHT
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