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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Go Yamamoto (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Connor McNamara (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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152 lbs
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167 cm
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155 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
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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 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Go Yamamoto!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Connor McNamara!
The judges for this bout are Eliza Hachem, Donatello Bradman and John Mangel.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Yamamoto wants to clinch.
Yamamoto fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with McNamara, pushing him back against the cage.
Yamamoto prevents McNamara from breaking the clinch.
Yamamoto breaks the clinch.
Yamamoto tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but McNamara swivels and escapes.
Yamamoto avoids the head kick by McNamara.
McNamara drives through with a takedown into guard.
McNamara is looking to stand up but Yamamoto won't let him.
Yamamoto is trying to control the position but McNamara postures up.
McNamara wants to control from the top but Yamamoto keeps moving.
McNamara might have to switch it up a bit here because his efforts to control Yamamoto kaven't been going to plan, at least at the current moment in time.
Yamamoto bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in McNamara's guard.
McNamara is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Yamamoto preventing the sweep.
Yamamoto lands a couple of elbows.
McNamara keeping moving, preventing Yamamoto from controlling successfully.
Yamamoto content to stall in guard here.
McNamara is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Yamamoto is controlling him.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Yamamoto won't allow McNamara to sweep him here.
Yamamoto trying to control the position from guard on top but McNamara is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fight is doing enough on the ground.
Yamamoto fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with McNamara, pushing him back against the cage.
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.
Yamamoto gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from McNamara.
McNamara looks gassed!
Yamamoto breaks the clinch.
Yamamoto circles away from the clinch attempt
and Yamamoto counters by moving into the clinch.
Yamamoto lands a nice knee to the body.
McNamara tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Yamamoto landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Yamamoto landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Yamamoto has McNamara pushed against the cage.
Yamamoto using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Yamamoto manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back.
Yamamoto working for a triangle but McNamara defends it easily.
McNamara trying to control but Yamamoto is working from the bottom.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Yamamoto trying to keep a closed guard but McNamara is proving a slippery customer.
Yamamoto working for a triangle but McNamara defends it easily.
McNamara with a flurry of punches that miss.
McNamara stopping the sweep attempt from Yamamoto.
McNamara has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Yamamoto is proving hard to escape from.
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.
Yamamoto keeping moving, preventing McNamara from controlling successfully.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fight is doing enough on the ground.
Yamamoto wants to clinch.
McNamara swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Yamamoto shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Yamamoto landing strikes from the mount and McNamara is in trouble!
McNamara tries to get back to half guard but can't.
McNamara squirming around on the bottom, looking to escape.
McNamara is wriggling around trying to escape.
McNamara throwing hammer fists to the chest of Yamamoto. What's that going to do exactly?
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Go Yamamoto dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Yamamoto stuffs the takedown attempt from McNamara. McNamara gets slowly back to his feet.
McNamara lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Yamamoto backs up against the cage.
McNamara keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
McNamara cracks Yamamoto with a good jab.
McNamara is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Yamamoto takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
McNamara throws a lazy head kick
and Yamamoto counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Yamamoto.
McNamara pushes Yamamoto off and gets back to his feet.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for leaving it all in the cage!
McNamara throws a head kick that misses
and Yamamoto counters with a takedown into side control.
McNamara throws a couple of punches but he's in a bad position and they don't land.
Yamamoto advances to full mount.
McNamara is just holding on here. Yamamoto manages to take his back.
McNamara is breathing heavily.
Yamamoto is working really hard to secure the rear naked choke. McNamara defends successfully for a significant amount of time. Both fighters are looking very determined.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Yamamoto is looking for the choke from the back position but McNamara is controlling his hands well.
Can McNamara hold on?! Yamamoto is landing more strikes to his hapless foe.
McNamara is keeping busy.
McNamara is trying to get back to his feet but he's not managed it yet.
McNamara fending off the submission attempt from Yamamoto.
Yamamoto tightening his grip on McNamara, looking for the choke.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Yamamoto is persistently looking for the submission but McNamara is defending it well.
Yamamoto is working hard for the rear naked choke here.
Yamamoto keeps control of the position as McNamara tries to break free.
McNamara is staying cool under pressure, defending well against the rear naked choke attempt from his opponent.
McNamara tries to escape the position - he's now mounted. Is that better or worse? Hard to tell!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Yamamoto is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. McNamara can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
McNamara can't escape the position.
Yamamoto can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as McNamara is looking to escape.
McNamara defends a decent attempt at a guillotine from Yamamoto.
Go Yamamoto overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
McNamara is trying desperately to improve position.
Yamamoto tries to control but McNamara wriggling away.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Yamamoto has hold of McNamara's left arm, perhaps looking for a submission. The two fighters tussle over control of the isolated limb and McNamara manages to get his arm back to his side and away from danger.
McNamara is trying to escape the mount.
McNamara is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Yamamoto stands up from the dominant position. He obviously fancies his chances standing.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
McNamara swats away the attempt to clinch by Yamamoto.
McNamara swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
McNamara bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Yamamoto takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Go Yamamoto dominated that second round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! And we move into the final round!
McNamara throws a lazy head kick
and Yamamoto counters by moving into the clinch.
Yamamoto landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Yamamoto landing some nice looking knees to the body.
McNamara goes for a takedown attempt but Yamamoto pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Yamamoto misses with a takedown attempt - McNamara sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
McNamara scores with a one two! Yamamoto had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
McNamara shoots in but no luck this time.
McNamara keeps the fight on the outside.
Yamamoto misses with a takedown attempt - McNamara sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Yamamoto tries to clinch but fails miserably
and McNamara counters with a body kick that stops Yamamoto in his tracks momentarily.
Yamamoto scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
McNamara manages to get to full guard.
Yamamoto pushes down on McNamara's leg and manages to get into half guard.
McNamara takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Yamamoto trying to control from half guard but McNamara is working away.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Yamamoto trying to control the pace.
Yamamoto frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Yamamoto can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as McNamara is looking to escape.
Yamamoto controlling from the full mount.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
McNamara is squirming around, avoiding Yamamoto's attempts to control the action.
McNamara tries to hold on but Yamamoto pushes him away.
Yamamoto looking to control and managing it successfully.
The referee stands the fighters back up. Go Yamamoto just wasn't active enough from the dominant position.
Yamamoto tries to clinch but McNamara moves out of range.
McNamara shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Yamamoto pinned against the cage. Yamamoto gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Go Yamamoto has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Connor McNamara.
Nice sprawl there from McNamara as Yamamoto shoots in.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Yamamoto drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Yamamoto has knee on belly and moves into mount.
McNamara wants to hold on but Yamamoto pushes him away.
McNamara really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
McNamara is not a happy chappy… he wants out of there.
McNamara tries to lock up and control but Yamamoto gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
McNamara slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.
McNamara looks like he's trying to stand up.
Yamamoto trying to mount his opponent but McNamara defends it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Yamamoto moves nicely into side control.
McNamara is letting Yamamoto control him for a moment.
McNamara is working hard to escape and get back to his feet. After a battle for position, Yamamoto asserts his dominance and retains side control.
Connor McNamara has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Yamamoto is looking to take a break and control but McNamara is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Yamamoto is putting a hurting on McNamara here, landing some big shots from side control.
And that's the end of the fight!
Go Yamamoto showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Yamamoto, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Eliza Hachem scores the fight 30:27
Judge Donatello Bradman scores the fight 30:27
Judge John Mangel scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Go Yamamoto!
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energy
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hype
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RATING
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