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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between William Yang (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kimo Twist (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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173 cm
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183 lbs
3 - 4 - 0 |
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181 cm
18
172 lbs
2 - 0 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin |
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BJJ Brown Belt
Basic striking
Enjoys gardening |
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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
3 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, William Yang! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Kimo Twist! The judges for this bout are Bruno Hogan, Hugh Johnson and Eliza Hachem.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Twist shoots in but doesn't get the takedown and Yang counters with a shoot takedown. Twist fights it but they end up in guard. The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work. Yang throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Twist works some decent striking defense from the bottom. Twist has his hands on Yang's head, controlling the position. Twist bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Yang's guard. Yang keeping moving, preventing Twist from controlling successfully. Twist preventing the sweep. Twist trying to control the position from guard on top but Yang is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can. Twist pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Yang is keeping the position for now. Twist lands a couple of elbows. Twist postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect. Twist drops back looking for a leg! Yang is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Yang manages to kick Twist off! Twist jumps back into Yang's guard. Twist has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan. Twist with a flurry of punches that miss.
That's one minute gone in the round. Twist is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there. Twist is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there. Twist engaging in some classic timewasting tactics. Twist is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there. Yang is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
That's two 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. Twist is stalling in the full guard. Twist missing there with some ground and pound from the guard. Twist is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position. The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing. Twist got a little sloppy there for a moment and Yang has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Twist has managed to get both his arms back between Yang's legs - danger averted. Yang avoiding any damage from the ground and pound. Twist landing with the ground and pound. Twist postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect. Twist is looking to work some ground and pound but Yang has wrist control.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Twist loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry. Twist trying to control but Yang is working from the bottom. Twist looking to pass the guard. Yang pulls Twist in close to prevent any damage. Yang knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Twist on the ground. Twist 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. Yang keeping moving, preventing Twist from controlling successfully.
Kimo Twist has forced the referee to step in and restart the fight on the feet. Yang tries for a takedown but Twist circles away easily and Twist counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Yang! Twist landing shots from mount. Twist pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Twist has hold of Yang's left arm, perhaps looking for a submission. The two fighters tussle over control of the isolated limb and Yang manages to get his arm back to his side and away from danger.
Twist looking to finish Yang with some ground and pound. This is bad for Yang! Yang tries to get back to half guard but can't. Twist scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Yang tries to control Twist's body but Twist pushes him off. Yang squirms to his side and now Twist has his back! Yang is breathing heavily. This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff! Twist scores with some strikes to the side of the head there. Good, points scoring shots.
Twist controlling the position well here. Yang rolled but Twist kept the hooks locked in and stayed in the dominant position.
Yang wants to control his opponent's hands but Twist gets his hands free. The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end. Yang staying busy and making it hard for Twist to control. Twist landing with strikes. And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Kimo Twist dominated that round. That's time! Yang's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Yang keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Twist. Twist shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Twist was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure! Twist is working to isolate an arm here. It's a telegraphed submission attempt but he's gone for it anyway - and he's got it! Twist extends the arm and Yang is forced to tap!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:26 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Kimo Twist!
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energy
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hype
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