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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Jin Chen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ken Yoshida (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ken Yoshida has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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165 lbs
8 - 8 - 0 |
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161 lbs
15 - 16 - 0 |
BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
Very strong |
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Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Solid chin |
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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
8 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Jin Chen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
15 - 16 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Ken Yoshida!
The judges for this bout are Leandro Rodrigues, Seu Braga and Edson Gomes.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Yoshida throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Yoshida checks a leg kick.
Yoshida swats away the attempt to clinch by Chen.
Chen pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Chen steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Yoshida.
Chen throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Chen misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Chen with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Yoshida misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Chen.
Chen misses with a double jab.
Yoshida throws a nice looking combination but Chen bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Chen slips under a jab from Yoshida.
Some wild striking there from Yoshida.
Chen keeps the fight on the outside.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Chen throws a leg kick but Yoshida checks it.
Chen throws a left and a right that both miss
and Yoshida counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Chen scores with a body shot.
Nice shot lands for Yoshida.
Chen misses with a two punch combination.
That kick from Yoshida tenderised Chen's leg. Chen is trying to keep his angry face on.
Chen tries to clinch up but Yoshida circles away and keeps his distance.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Yoshida.
Yoshida misses with a low kick.
Yoshida will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Chen avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Yoshida throws out a loose jab but Chen uses good head movement to avoid it.
Chen throws a leg kick
and Yoshida counters with a slapping leg kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Yoshida tries to clinch but Chen is having none of it.
Yoshida instigates a clinch.
Yoshida avoiding damage.
Yoshida tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Chen avoids it.
Yoshida taking a breather.
Chen content to slow the pace in the clinch.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Yoshida tries to work over Chen's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Chen is trying to maintain a safe position but Yoshida gets an underhook and turns Chen into the cage.
Yoshida effectively controlling the action here.
Yoshida lands a right hand that snaps the head of Chen backwards.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Yoshida missing with knees to the body.
Yoshida dodges an elbow strike from Chen.
Chen tries to throw a body punch but Yoshida avoids it by throwing Chen back against the cage.
Yoshida effectively controlling the action here.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Chen takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Chen is pressed up against the cage. Yoshida has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Chen down to the mat. Chen avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Chen does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Nice body kick from Chen.
Chen throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Yoshida is looking to score with low kicks.
Yoshida misses the shot to the body.
Yoshida scores with a hook to the body. Chen takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Yoshida misses with a body kick.
Chen keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Yoshida takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Chen darts in and clinches Yoshida up against the cage.
Chen throws a knee to the head but misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Ken Yoshida will probably get the nod.
That's time! Chen's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Chen throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Chen tries to clinch up.
Yoshida misses with a wild combination.
A nice leg kick lands there from Chen.
Chen tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Yoshida circles away from the clinch attempt.
Yoshida sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Yoshida looks to land a body kick but Chen moved away.
A telegraphed right hand from Yoshida misses the target.
Chen is looking to chop away at Yoshida's legs.
Chen fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Yoshida is out of range.
Yoshida throws an off balance right hand
and Chen counters with a good, hard body kick but Yoshida shrugs it off.
Chen attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Yoshida throws a low kick but Chen moves out of range easily.
Chen tried to score with a low kick but Yoshida checks it.
Yoshida checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Yoshida throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Chen moves out of range as Yoshida throws a body kick.
Chen moves out of range of the body kick from Yoshida.
Chen scores with the left hand. Yoshida knows he should have avoided that one.
Chen misses with a low kick.
Chen has managed to clinch.
Chen landing knees to the body.
Yoshida takes a shot to the head.
Yoshida manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Yoshida working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Yoshida avoiding damage as Chen throws knees to the body.
Yoshida content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Yoshida is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Nice elbow from Chen.
It looks like Ken Yoshida has been cut.
The referee is keeping an eye on Yoshida - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
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!
Yoshida lands a body shot.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Chen breaks the clinch.
Jin Chen is winning the standup battle so far.
Yoshida throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Good work by Yoshida as he checks the leg kick.
Yoshida is looking to clinch.
Chen throws a leg kick but Yoshida sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Yoshida ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Chen moves away.
Yoshida chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Chen can pounce on him.
Chen has closed the distance and engaged Yoshida in a clinch.
Chen trying to land knees to the body.
Chen trying to control the position but instead, Yoshida has worked for underhooks and has pushed Chen into the cage.
Yoshida tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Chen's elbow.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Chen using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Yoshida tries to stall but Chen uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Chen blocking some punches.
Yoshida lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Yoshida on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Yoshida misses with a shot to the kidneys.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Yoshida as Chen tries to tie him up.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Yoshida trying to land knees to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jin Chen dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Ken Yoshida's cut.
That's time! Chen's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!
Yoshida on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Chen. Chen obviously looking to wear him down.
Chen pulls out of a head kick attempt.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Yoshida in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
A head kick misses from Yoshida.
Chen avoids the body shot from Yoshida.
Good leg kick by Chen there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Jin Chen seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Chen misses with a head kick.
Yoshida is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Chen.
Yoshida checks a low kick from Chen.
Chen throws a leg kick that misses.
A leg kick checked by Yoshida.
Yoshida misses with the combination.
A nice inside leg kick there by Chen. That's going to slow Yoshida down.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Chen is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Chen takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Yoshida throws a leg kick
and Chen counters with a two punch combo.
Chen throws a low kick, looking for Yoshida's leg but Yoshida calmly moves out of range.
Yoshida misses with an attempted mid kick.
Yoshida dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Yoshida shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Chen eats them both and turns towards Yoshida to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Yoshida misses with a head kick.
Chen lands a nice leg kick that just misses Yoshida's sensitive parts.
Chen motions for Yoshida to come forward. Chen throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Chen throws a head kick but Yoshida moves out of range.
Yoshida is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Chen rather than just go for the knockout.
Chen keeps the fight on the outside.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A slapping leg kick lands for Yoshida.
Jin Chen is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
A low kick from Yoshida misses
and Chen counters with a nice low kick that buckles Yoshida's knee momentarily.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Yoshida slips a jab and a cross from Chen.
Chen tried to score with a low kick but Yoshida checks it.
Chen tries a low kick but Yoshida avoids it.
Yoshida throws a head kick but Chen moves out of range.
Chen avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Yoshida gets a clinch.
Yoshida managing to block the knees to the body from Chen.
Come on Chen - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Yoshida's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Yoshida leaning against his opponent.
Ken Yoshida seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Yoshida lands a hook that snaps the head of Chen backwards.
Yoshida tries to pull guard but Chen forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Chen trying to stall but Yoshida improves his position.
Yoshida displaying some good clinch control by pressing Chen up against the cage.
Yoshida tries a body shot but Chen blocks it.
Yoshida has a couple of punches blocked by Chen.
Chen is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Yoshida's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Yoshida tries to throw a body punch but Chen avoids it by throwing Yoshida back against the cage.
Chen tries to stall but Yoshida uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Chen misses with a body punch.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Chen misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Yoshida.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Jin Chen.
I think Chen has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Leandro Rodrigues scores the fight 29:28
Judge Seu Braga scores the fight 29:28
Judge Edson Gomes scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jin Chen!
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energy
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hype
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mgr
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