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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Henry Ballard (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Danny Yamato (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.
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200 lbs
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215 lbs
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Decent wrestler
Basic striking
KO power |
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BJJ Blue Belt
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
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Henry Ballard!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Danny Yamato!
The judges for this bout are Columbo Gatti, Bruno Lombardi and Dean Styles.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ballard swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Henry Ballard seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Yamato misses with a takedown
and Ballard counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Ground and pound from Ballard.
Yamato tries to get to full guard but Ballard has control of the leg.
Ballard takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Ballard missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Ballard is pressing down on Yamato's thigh, looking to free his foot. Yamato is holding on for now.
Yamato has hold of Ballard's hands but Ballard slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Yamato is doing well to control the position and prevent Ballard from advancing to side control.
Ballard works his foot free and advances to mount.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ballard can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Yamato is looking to escape.
Ballard prevents Yamato from getting the reversal.
Yamato tries to lock up and control but Ballard gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Ballard can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Yamato is looking to escape.
Yamato tries to lock up and control but Ballard gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Yamato is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Ballard trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Yamato tries to lock up and control but Ballard gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
You get the feeling that Yamato really doesn't like being in this position too much.
Yamato tries to reverse the position but Ballard maintains control.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ballard looking to finish Yamato with some ground and pound. This is bad for Yamato!
Ballard takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Ballard can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Yamato is looking to escape.
Ballard landing punches.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ballard tries to control but Yamato wriggling away.
Yamato is wriggling around trying to escape.
Ballard has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Yamato's face.
Ballard can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Yamato is looking to escape.
Ballard with a couple of short strikes.
This has been an exciting period of action!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Ballard moves into side control, trying to work for a kimura. That looks painful! Will he finish!!?? No, Yamato has worked his arm free - good work by Yamato!
Ballard trying to control the position but Yamato is working away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Henry Ballard dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Ballard shoots in looking for a takedown but Yamato manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Ballard's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Yamato misses with a head kick.
Yamato changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Ballard looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Yamato takes a little break here. Ballard wants to take advantage but he is being controlled well.
Ballard manages to get back to half guard.
Ballard gets full guard.
Ballard had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Yamato defends it easily.
Ballard keeping full guard, as Yamato tries to pass.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Yamato passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Ballard struggling a bit here.
Yamato wants to lay and pray for a moment but Ballard keeps working.
Ballard tries to buck Yamato off but Yamato is having none of it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The ground and pound from Yamato seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
Yamato stands up.
Yamato lands a leg kick that knocks Ballard off balance momentarily.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Yamato.
Ballard has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Yamato.
Yamato scoring well with a low kick there.
Yamato drives through and clinches with Ballard against the cage.
Yamato drags the fight down to the ground.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Yamato has his foot on Ballard's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Ballard works his way back into a safe position though.
Ballard looking to sit in guard and control but Yamato gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Ballard has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
Yamato slips nicely into half guard.
Ballard pushes Yamato off but Yamato dives into side control.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ballard is looking to slip a leg under and get half guard but Yamato is one step ahead and moves to full mount!
Yamato looking to control but Ballard is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Yamato takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Ballard blocking the ground and pound.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Yamato looking to ground and pound but Ballard is blocking nicely.
Henry Ballard overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Yamato avoids the attempt from Ballard to control.
Yamato is landing with some decent strikes but Ballard is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Danny Yamato showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!
Yamato has a takedown stuffed.
Yamato dives in and grabs Ballard's left leg, looking for a takedown. Ballard pushes down on Yamato's head and hops out.
Yamato gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Yamato is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Yamato keeping moving, preventing Ballard from controlling successfully.
Ballard wants to pass the guard but Yamato is keeping the position.
Yamato not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ballard looking to pass the guard.
Yamato looking to control.
Yamato takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
The ref stands the fighters back up, due to lack of action by Danny Yamato.
Ballard slaps away a takedown attempt from Yamato, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Henry Ballard has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Danny Yamato.
Yamato tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Ballard manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Ballard throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Yamato staying out of range there.
Ballard misses with a double jab.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ballard keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Ballard bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Yamato's head.
Ballard drives through with a takedown into guard.
Ballard postures up.
Yamato doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.
Ballard wants to control from the top but Yamato keeps moving.
Ballard throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Yamato looking to control.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ballard tries to free his leg and advance position but Yamato is retaining full guard.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
Ballard is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Yamato has butterfly guard. He's looking to stand up here. He pushes Ballard off him and springs to his feet nicely. The crowd applauds.
Yamato tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Ballard scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Ballard missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Yamato is trying to stand back up but Ballard is controlling him
Ballard looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Yamato makes some distance and scrambles quickly back to his feet. Nice work!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Yamato shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Ballard throws out a loose jab but Yamato uses good head movement to avoid it.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Yamato.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Yamato wants to clinch up but Ballard keeps it at a distance.
Ballard rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Yamato moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Yamato tries to clinch but Ballard is having none of it.
Yamato lands a high kick!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Yamato ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Ballard moves away.
Nice takedown defense from Yamato. No joy for Ballard on that attempt.
Yamato gets a clinch.
And that's the end of the fight!
Henry Ballard showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Ballard 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 Columbo Gatti scores the fight 29:28
Judge Bruno Lombardi scores the fight 29:28
Judge Dean Styles scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Henry Ballard!
Henry Ballard seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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