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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Adam Falcon (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Milad Yakubi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Yakubi has chosen Panjabi MC Feat. Jay Z - Beware as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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210 lbs
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221 lbs
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BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Very strong |
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Brawler
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
3 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Adam Falcon!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Milad Yakubi!
The judges for this bout are Yuuki Gou, Yukihiro Shimada and Ren Mimura.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Falcon swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Yakubi avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Falcon lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Falcon waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Yakubi.
Falcon takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
It looks like Adam Falcon has been cut.
Falcon throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Falcon throws a right and a left that both miss.
Falcon lands a really nice looking cross but Yakubi seems unphased.
Falcon checks a leg kick nicely.
Falcon throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Falcon cracks a nice hook into Yakubi's ribs.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Yakubi ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Falcon moves away.
Falcon takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Yakubi moves out of range of the strikes.
Falcon checks a low kick from Yakubi.
Falcon lands with an overhand left.
Yakubi moves into range and clinches up with Falcon.
Yakubi misses with a punch on the inside.
Falcon blocks an elbow strike from Yakubi.
Yakubi misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Yakubi taking a breather.
That's one minute gone in the round.
With the fighters up against the cage, Yakubi throws an elbow but misses.
Falcon escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Yakubi keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Falcon.
Falcon stuns Yakubi with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
A jab from Falcon misses.
Yakubi walks into a stiff left hand from Falcon.
Falcon paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
A left and a right from Falcon both land. Nice combination.
Yakubi is rocked!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Yakubi avoids a punch combination nicely.
Adam Falcon is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Falcon keeps the fight on the outside.
Falcon throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Yakubi on the side of the head.
Yakubi is still on wobbly legs! Can Falcon finish him?
Falcon scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Yakubi on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Falcon throws a jab but it's blocked by Yakubi.
Falcon is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Yakubi is looking to score with low kicks.
Sloppy strikes from Falcon. Those never looked like landing.
Falcon looks to land a right hand but Yakubi moved out of range.
Yakubi seems to have recovered his senses.
Yakubi swinging wildly here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Falcon fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Yakubi manages to avoid it.
Yakubi thows a left - swing and a miss!
Falcon swats away the attempt to clinch by Yakubi.
Yakubi fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Falcon is out of range.
Yakubi swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Falcon throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Adam Falcon seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Yakubi steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Falcon.
Yakubi is looking to clinch but Falcon is avoiding it.
Falcon moves away from the strike by Yakubi.
Falcon thows a left - swing and a miss!
Falcon moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Good work by Falcon as he checks the leg kick.
Falcon is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Falcon moves out of range of the strikes.
A jab-cross combination lands for Falcon and sends Yakubi crashing to the mat! Falcon follows him down to the mat - Yakubi regains half guard but he's not out of trouble yet!
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
Yakubi is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Yakubi is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Falcon working to pass to mount. He's got his hand pressing down on Yakubi's thigh. Yakubi counters though and makes it back to full guard.
Falcon has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Falcon preventing the sweep.
Yakubi looking to control.
Falcon knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Yakubi on the ground.
Yakubi is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully.
Falcon avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Falcon gets to his feet. Yakubi looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Falcon lands with a nice combination. Yakubi backs away looking to recover.
Yakubi throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Yakubi closes the distance and pushes Falcon back into the cage.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Yakubi misses with a body punch.
Yakubi tries a body shot but Falcon blocks it.
Falcon blocks a body shot from Yakubi.
Falcon manages to break the clinch.
Yakubi avoids the body shot from Falcon.
Yakubi throws a body punch but Falcon moves out of range.
Yakubi takes one to the chin there.
Yakubi with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Falcon to score with a decent uppercut.
Falcon misses with a looping right.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Falcon misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Yakubi scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Falcon swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Falcon connects with a single shot there.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Adam Falcon dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Adam Falcon's cut.
That's time! Falcon's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Yakubi dodges the punch combination from Falcon.
Yakubi moves forwards but Falcon connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Yakubi closes the distance and clinches up with Falcon, looking for a takedown. Yakubi pushes Falcon against the cage but Falcon circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Falcon misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Falcon throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Yakubi is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Yakubi throws a right and a left that both miss.
Falcon darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
A lazy left from Falcon finds it's target.
Falcon misses with a wild combination.
Falcon takes a swing at Yakubi's ribcage but misses.
Adam Falcon is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Nice body punch from Falcon.
Falcon throws a hook to the side of Yakubi's head but Yakubi sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Yakubi just misses with a punch to the body.
Adam Falcon is winning the standup battle so far.
Yakubi sizes up Falcon with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
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!
Falcon throws a jab when Yakubi was well out of range.
Falcon is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Falcon drops Yakubi with a nice combination! Falcon dives into Yakubi's guard, looking to finish!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Yakubi working a defensive guard here.
Yakubi looking to hit a scissor sweep but Falcon is one step ahead there.
Yakubi working a defensive guard here.
Falcon lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Falcon gets to his feet - Yakubi follows without any prompting.
Yakubi walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Falcon checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
The fight stays on the outside here - Yakubi looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Falcon throws a right and a left that Yakubi avoids nicely.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Falcon misses with an uppercut. Yakubi saw that one coming.
Falcon drops his shoulder and cracks Yakubi with a huge uppercut! Yakubi goes down! Can Falcon finish him?
Yakubi looking for a guillotine here but Falcon defends easily.
Yakubi trying to keep a closed guard but Falcon is proving a slippery customer.
Falcon trying to control the position from guard on top but Yakubi is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Yakubi is trying to keep Falcon in close.
Falcon trying to control but Yakubi is working from the bottom.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Yakubi is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Yakubi had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Falcon defends it easily.
Falcon stands and steps away. Yakubi gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.
Falcon lands a jab to Yakubi's midsection.
Yakubi pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Yakubi moves in looking to clinch but Falcon pushes him off.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Falcon throws a hook but Yakubi avoids it easily.
Yakubi with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Falcon to score with a decent uppercut.
Falcon lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Falcon.
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!
Yakubi staying out of range there.
Falcon misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Falcon is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Yakubi can do to turn this around?
Nice defenses there by Falcon.
Yakubi is looking to chop away at Falcon's legs.
Yakubi just misses with a punch to the body.
Yakubi fakes the leg kick and cracks Falcon in the body.
Yakubi shoots in looking for a takedown. Falcon tries to sprawl out of it but Yakubi keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Falcon manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Yakubi fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Falcon looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Yakubi misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Falcon.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Yakubi fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Adam Falcon has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Milad Yakubi.
Yakubi is breathing heavily.
Yakubi thows a body shot but no joy.
Yakubi has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Falcon misses with a body shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Adam Falcon dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Adam Falcon's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!
Some wild striking there from Falcon.
Yakubi wants to clinch.
Falcon cracks Yakubi with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Yakubi throws a body punch but Falcon moves out of range.
Falcon circles away from the clinch attempt.
Yakubi drops Falcon with a nice combination! Yakubi dives into Falcon's guard, looking to finish!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Falcon looking to hit a scissor sweep but Yakubi is one step ahead there.
Yakubi wants to control from the top but Falcon keeps moving.
Falcon wants to stand up but Yakubi is controlling him.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Yakubi looking to pass the guard.
Yakubi wants to control from the top but Falcon keeps moving.
OK we're going to have a standup here. Milad Yakubi hasn't been effective enough on the ground and the referee wants a restart.
Yakubi keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Falcon.
Yakubi walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Falcon walks into a stiff left hand from Yakubi.
Falcon throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
A big left from Falcon misses.
Yakubi looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Yakubi lands with a nice combination. Falcon backs away looking to recover.
Falcon is rocked!
A slow jab from Falcon misses its intended target.
Oh Falcon is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Yakubi jabs at Falcon's body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Yakubi moves into range and clinches up with Falcon.
Yakubi struggles to land a body shot inside as Falcon controls his hands.
Yakubi lands with a short shot to the head.
Falcon dodges an elbow strike from Yakubi.
Yakubi is working Falcon over against the cage.
Falcon has had enough of the clinch but Yakubi keeps him there for the moment.
Yakubi scores with a hook to the body.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
A body shot lands from Yakubi.
Falcon is trying to break the clinch but Yakubi is controlling him.
Falcon letting Yakubi take a breather here.
A short body shot lands from Yakubi as the two fighters clinch.
Yakubi lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Yakubi tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Falcon avoids it.
Yakubi lands a body punch.
Yakubi effectively controlling the action here.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Yakubi just misses with a elbow thrown towards Falcon's brow.
Yakubi is pushing Falcon up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Yakubi has Falcon pressed up against the cage. He's trying to work for a single leg takedown. Yakubi pulls back from the cage and twists to the side, sending Falcon tumbling to the mat - Yakubi dives into Falcon's guard.
Yakubi tries to free his leg and advance position but Falcon is retaining full guard.
Yakubi showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Falcon seems to have got his legs back now.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Falcon wants to stand but Yakubi is controlling the position.
Falcon managing to control the position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Yakubi trying to control but Falcon is working from the bottom.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
OK we're going to have a standup here. Milad Yakubi hasn't been effective enough on the ground and the referee wants a restart.
A jab from Yakubi misses.
Falcon misses with a straight left.
Milad Yakubi has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Yakubi is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
No joy there for Falcon, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Yakubi tries to clinch but Falcon is having none of it.
Falcon throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Falcon throws a jab but it's blocked by Yakubi.
Yakubi thows a body shot but no joy.
Falcon defending well as Yakubi loads up on a big left hand.
Falcon lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Yakubi walks into a jab.
A slapping leg kick lands for Yakubi.
Yakubi uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Falcon.
Nice cross by Yakubi.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Falcon ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Yakubi moves away.
Falcon lands an overhand right.
Yakubi will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Yakubi looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Adam Falcon is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Falcon throws out a loose jab but Yakubi uses good head movement to avoid it.
Yakubi looks to score with a jab to the body but Falcon is just out of range.
Yakubi tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Falcon was well out of range. Poor timing from Yakubi.
Yakubi tries to clinch up but Falcon circles away and keeps his distance.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Falcon displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Falcon tries to bum rush Yakubi with a series of wild strikes but Yakubi uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Falcon lands a jab to Yakubi's midsection.
Yakubi will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
And that's the end of the fight!
Milad Yakubi comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Falcon 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 Yuuki Gou scores the fight 29:28
Judge Yukihiro Shimada scores the fight 29:28
Judge Ren Mimura scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Adam Falcon!
In his post fight interview, Adam Falcon started talking himself up. Luckily his charisma kept the crowd on side and gave him a good reception.
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hype
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