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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Yoshida Kotaro (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dirk Ante (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kotaro comes to the cage accompanied by Dance Yourself Clean. Ante is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Lil' Wayne ft. Eminem - Drop the World. I can't wait for this one - let's get the fighter introductions out of the way and get this one started!
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176 lbs
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BJJ Purple Belt
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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
9 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Yoshida Kotaro!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
16 - 11 - 1, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Dirk Ante!
The judges for this bout are Felipe Paraventi, Matheus Silva and Daniel Cesar.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ante throws a shot from downtown. Kotaro moves away and avoids it.
Ante on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Kotaro tries to clinch
and Ante counters with a series of strikes. Kotaro will be more careful next time no doubt.
Ante gets tackled into the cage by Kotaro. Kotaro maintains the clinch.
Ante tries to land a knee to the head but Kotaro blocks with his arms.
Kotaro connects with a knee to the head.
It looks like Dirk Ante has been cut.
Kotaro is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Kotaro pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Kotaro lands a head shot.
Ante swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Kotaro is looking to clinch but Ante is avoiding it.
Kotaro is looking to clinch but Ante is avoiding it.
Kotaro lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Ante looks gassed!
A swing and a miss from Ante.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ante takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Kotaro really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Kotaro thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Ante if he has to take too many more of those.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Ante circles away from the clinch attempt.
Kotaro lands a front kick.
Kotaro wants to clinch.
Kotaro moves into the clinch.
Kotaro unloads a knee to the mid-section.
A knee to the head by Kotaro.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kotaro has Ante pushed against the cage.
Kotaro throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Ante blocks it with crossed arms.
Kotaro with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Kotaro connects with a nasty looking knee right to Ante's face.
Kotaro crunches a lovely knee into Ante's ribcage.
Kotaro lands a nice knee to the body.
Kotaro landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Kotaro putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Ante in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Kotaro unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Ante managing to block the knees to the body from Kotaro.
Kotaro misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Ante.
Kotaro landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Kotaro throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Ante blocks it with crossed arms.
Kotaro is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Ante takes a knee to the side of the body.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Kotaro.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kotaro lands a knee to the head.
Kotaro tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Ante blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Kotaro takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Kotaro missing with knees to the body.
Kotaro misses with a knee to the head.
Kotaro misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Ante.
Ante is stalling here.
Kotaro throws a knee to the head but misses.
Kotaro putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Ante in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Ante stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Kotaro with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Kotaro tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Ante avoids it.
Kotaro throws a knee to the head but misses.
Kotaro tries to land knees in the clinch but Ante avoids the damage to the body.
Kotaro with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Ante breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Ante misses with a double jab.
Kotaro avoids the head kick by Ante.
Kotaro attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Kotaro fakes the leg kick and cracks Ante in the body.
Ante misses with a double jab
and Kotaro counters with an inside leg kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Yoshida Kotaro dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Dirk Ante's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Kotaro drives through and clinches with Ante against the cage.
Ante tries to break the clinch but Kotaro is controlling the position.
Ante managing to block the knees to the body from Kotaro.
Kotaro with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Kotaro is stalling here.
Kotaro misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Ante.
Kotaro tries to land knees in the clinch but Ante avoids the damage to the body.
Yoshida Kotaro has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Ante on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Kotaro slows down the pace here.
Ante takes a knee right on the jaw!
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kotaro tries a knee to the head but Ante blocks it.
Kotaro tries to land knees in the clinch but Ante avoids the damage to the body.
Ante managing to block the knees to the body from Kotaro.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Kotaro taking a breather.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ante on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Kotaro trying to land knees to the body.
Kotaro is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Ante is keeping busy.
Kotaro landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Ante escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Ante tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Kotaro manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Dirk Ante is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Kotaro looks for the body kick but Ante saw that one coming.
Kotaro throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
No joy there for Ante, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Ante fails to land with a series of punches.
Ante misses with a double jab
and Kotaro counters with a solid body kick.
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.
A jab from Kotaro misses.
Kotaro connects with a solid leg kick.
Kotaro tries to clinch but Ante moves out of range.
Kotaro is looking to clinch but Ante is avoiding it.
Kotaro tries to close the distance and clinch up but Ante swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Kotaro is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Ante can do to turn this around?
Ante wants to clinch.
Yoshida Kotaro is winning the standup battle so far.
Kotaro clinches up with Ante and pushes him back against the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kotaro tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Kotaro breaks from the clinch.
Ante misses with a jab, cross combination.
Kotaro is looking to clinch.
Ante throws a series of punches but Kotaro avoids them all with ease.
Kotaro tries to close the distance and clinch up but Ante swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Ante keeps the fight on the outside.
Ante is looking to clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Good leg kick by Kotaro there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Kotaro throws a head kick that misses.
Kotaro feints and then cracks Ante's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Ante down.
Kotaro thows a body kick. Ante tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Good leg kick by Kotaro there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Kotaro lands with a thumping leg kick.
Kotaro misses with an attempted mid kick.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Kotaro - that will leave a mark!
Kotaro lands a high kick!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Yoshida Kotaro dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Dirk Ante's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get 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.
Kotaro scores with a head kick. Ante tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Ante closes the distance looking to clinch
and Kotaro counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Kotaro throws a nice head kick!
Kotaro connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Ante misses with a straight left.
Ante takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Kotaro throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
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!
Kotaro thows a body kick. Ante tries to catch it but that hurt him.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Kotaro, right into the meat.
Kotaro tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Ante paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Ante steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Kotaro. That one must have hurt.
The fight stays on the outside here - Kotaro looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Kotaro keeps Ante at a distance using the push kick.
Ante throws a series of punches but Kotaro avoids them all with ease.
Kotaro throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
That has opened up Dirk Ante's cut even more.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kotaro misses with an attempted mid kick.
That kick from Kotaro tenderised Ante's leg. Ante is trying to keep his angry face on.
Dirk Ante has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Kotaro has closed the distance and engaged Ante in a clinch.
Kotaro dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Kotaro connects with a nasty looking knee right to Ante's face.
Kotaro with a knee to the head.
Kotaro manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Yoshida Kotaro is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Kotaro with an attempt at a knee that misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kotaro landing knees to the body.
Kotaro landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Kotaro throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Ante blocks it with crossed arms.
Kotaro throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Ante blocks it with crossed arms.
Ante looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Ante has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Ante misses with some punches.
Ante misses with a punch on the inside.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Kotaro is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Kotaro lands a good knee to the midsection. Ante won't want to take too many of those.
Kotaro stalling.
Kotaro is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Ante breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Kotaro throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Kotaro throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Kotaro gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Kotaro managing to block the knees to the body from Ante.
And that's the end of the fight!
Yoshida Kotaro showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Kotaro 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 Felipe Paraventi scores the fight 30:25
Judge Matheus Silva scores the fight 30:25
Judge Daniel Cesar scores the fight 30:25
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Yoshida Kotaro!
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