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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Jambo Alvez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Yushin Okami (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Yushin Okami acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.
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190 lbs
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195 lbs
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Good takedowns
Counter striker
Granite chin |
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BJJ Blue Belt
World class boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Jambo Alvez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
7 - 7 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Yushin Okami!
The judges for this bout are Ivan Kurochkin, Valeri Chadov and Sergei Dronov.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Okami connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Okami lands a nice hook to Alvez's body. Alvez takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Okami misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Alvez.
Alvez shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Okami defends it nicely.
Alvez shoots for a takedown but Okami saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Alvez dodges the punch combination from Okami.
Okami lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Alvez will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jambo Alvez. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Alvez on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Okami closes the distance and lands a one-two.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Okami will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Okami throws a series of punches but Alvez moves out of range.
Alvez shoots for a takedown but Okami saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Some wild striking there from Okami.
Okami scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Okami swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Okami moves away from the strike by Alvez.
Alvez shoots in for a double leg but Okami sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Alvez looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Alvez fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Okami rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Alvez moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Okami misses with a few strikes there.
Yushin Okami seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Okami stalks Alvez and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Alvez's face. Alvez staggers backwards, shaken.
Yushin Okami is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Alvez takes a shot right to the bread basket.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Alvez throws a loose over hand right and dives in with a double leg takedown. Okami tries to sprawl but it's too late and the fighters hit the mat. Alvez is in Okami's guard.
Okami wants to stand and escape but Alvez is having none of it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Alvez trying to control but Okami is working from the bottom.
Alvez with a flurry of punches that miss.
Okami preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Alvez in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Okami wants to get back to his feet but Alvez is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Okami keeping moving, preventing Alvez from controlling successfully.
Okami avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Okami is looking to stand up but Alvez isn't so interested in that idea.
Alvez throwing strikes but missing.
Alvez in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Alvez tries to free his leg and advance position but Okami is retaining full guard.
Alvez stops Okami from standing up.
Alvez wants to control from the top but Okami keeps moving.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Alvez tries to free his leg and advance position but Okami is retaining full guard.
Alvez won't allow Okami to get back to his feet.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Alvez fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Okami fails to land with a series of punches.
Nice cross by Okami.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Yushin Okami dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Okami with a nice cross.
Alvez fails with the takedown.
Alvez has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Okami finds it's way round the side to connect with Alvez's head.
A punch combination from Okami misses.
Okami falls off balance throwing a combination
and Alvez counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Okami is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Alvez throwing strikes from guard but Okami blocks nicely.
Alvez won't allow Okami to get back to his feet.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Alvez is in close to Okami's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Alvez trying to control the position from guard on top but Okami is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Okami wants to get back to his feet but Alvez is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Alvez trying to control the position from guard on top but Okami is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The ref stands the fighters back up. Jambo Alvez wasn't doing enough on the ground.
Okami looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Alvez rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Okami moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Alvez misses with a takedown attempt - Okami sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Okami jabs at Alvez's body.
Alvez shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Alvez was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Okami in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Okami is looking to get back to his feet - it's going to be hard from this position.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Alvez thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Alvez takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Alvez punching from mount but Okami doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Alvez controlling the position easily from mount.
Alvez has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Okami is trying to escape but when you're mounted that's not too easy.
Alvez wants to control the pace but Okami is squirming around nicely.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Okami holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Alvez tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
Alvez throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Okami is trying to escape but when you're mounted that's not too easy.
Alvez raining down shots from the mount!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Okami is not a happy chappy… he wants out of there.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jambo Alvez dominated that second round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!
Alvez shoots for a double leg takedown but Okami sprawls well. He's pushed Alvez's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
A right-left combo lands from Okami.
Okami throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Sloppy strikes from Okami. Those never looked like landing.
Okami throws a right hand that Alvez ducks under and follows up with a left that Alvez also avoids with ease.
Alvez takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Alvez shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Okami's guard.
Okami wants to stand but Alvez is controlling the position.
Alvez wants to control from the top but Okami keeps moving.
Alvez working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Okami wants to stand and escape but Alvez is having none of it.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Alvez accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Alvez prevents Okami from getting back to his feet.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Alvez accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Okami wants to get back to his feet but Alvez passes into half guard.
Alvez prevents Okami from standing back up.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Alvez stalling.
Jambo Alvez overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Okami blocking the ground and pound attempt from Alvez.
Okami is looking to get back to is feet but Alvez passes into side control.
Okami is trying to escape and get back to his feet.
Alvez cracks Okami with a big right hand but Okami just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Okami wants to get back to his feet.
Alvez taking a breather here.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Alvez throwing shots but missing, from side control.
Alvez tries to score with some ground and pound. Okami controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
Okami taking punishment in the form of punches.
An elbow from Alvez crashes against the mat.
Alvez wants to control but Okami is keeping him busy.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Okami is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.
Alvez throwing ground and pound but whilst doing so, he forgets to control position and Okami works his way back to half guard. Good composure under pressure.
Okami tries to kick Alvez off but Alvez keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
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 Jambo Alvez.
I think Alvez 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 Ivan Kurochkin scores the fight 29:28
Judge Valeri Chadov scores the fight 29:28
Judge Sergei Dronov scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jambo Alvez!
Jambo Alvez spent the whole post fight interview bigging himself up. It didn't go down that well with the fans after a while as they thought it was a bit arrogant.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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