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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Thorstein Horgmo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Norifumi Yamamoto (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). I'm sure you'll be fascinated to know that I was talking to some pointless Z list celebrity before the fight and he thought that Norifumi Yamamoto was going to win. Let's see if he was right.
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144 lbs
6 - 2 - 0 |
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134 lbs
5 - 3 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Good chin |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Thorstein Horgmo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Norifumi Yamamoto!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Shimada, Kenichi Hosakawa and Tatsuya Matsuyama.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Horgmo shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Yamamoto sprawls well. Yamamoto wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Horgmo gets slowly back to his feet.
Yamamoto misses with the combination.
Horgmo misses with a kick to the body.
Horgmo tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Yamamoto swivels and escapes.
Horgmo closes this distance looking for a takedown but Yamamoto circles away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Thorstein Horgmo. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Horgmo blocks a head kick by Yamamoto.
Horgmo misses with a takedown attempt
and Yamamoto counters with a right hand to the body.
Yamamoto throws a combination that misses
and Horgmo counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Yamamoto is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Horgmo avoids the head kick by Yamamoto.
Horgmo avoids a punch combination nicely.
Horgmo lets loose with a powerful body kick. Yamamoto will feel that in the morning.
Horgmo looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Yamamoto tries to strike from the bottom but it doesn't land.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Yamamoto wants to get back to his feet.
Yamamoto kicks Horgmo off and gets back to his feet.
Horgmo lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Horgmo blocks a head kick by Yamamoto.
That kick from Horgmo tenderised Yamamoto's leg. Yamamoto is trying to keep his angry face on.
Horgmo closes the distance and clinches up with Yamamoto, looking for a takedown. Horgmo pushes Yamamoto against the cage but Yamamoto circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Yamamoto tries to work over Horgmo's front leg with a kick but Horgmo checks it.
Yamamoto swats away the attempt to clinch by Horgmo.
Yamamoto throws a sloppy head kick and Horgmo moves out of range easily.
Horgmo really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Yamamoto keeps the fight on the outside.
Yamamoto looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Thorstein Horgmo seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Horgmo fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Yamamoto, pushing him back against the cage.
Yamamoto is trying to break the clinch but Horgmo is controlling him.
Horgmo lands a damaging elbow.
Horgmo turns his hips and lands a very nice judo throw into side control!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Yamamoto manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.
Yamamoto misses with some strikes from the bottom.
Horgmo wants to control but Yamamoto is keeping him busy.
Yamamoto wants to control but Horgmo is keeping busy.
Horgmo performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Yamamoto flails away from the bottom but he's not doing any damage.
Yamamoto wants to get back to full guard.
Horgmo will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Horgmo is keen to just control but Yamamoto is a slippery customer.
We're going to have a standup here because Thorstein Horgmo wasn't active enough for the referee's liking.
Yamamoto lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Horgmo circles away quickly and effectively.
Horgmo blocks a head kick by Yamamoto.
Yamamoto throws a head kick that misses.
Yamamoto walks forward, straight into a front kick from Horgmo.
Horgmo lands a nice looking body kick.
Yamamoto looks to land a combination but Horgmo avoids it well.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Yamamoto misses with a wild combination.
Norifumi Yamamoto is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Horgmo throws a good cross that connects.
Horgmo fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Yamamoto avoids it really well and circles away.
Yamamoto stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Yamamoto wants it to stay on the feet.
Horgmo lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Yamamoto misses with a hook.
Yamamoto throws a sloppy head kick and Horgmo moves out of range easily.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Horgmo avoids the head kick by Yamamoto.
A combination from Yamamoto does no damage.
Horgmo closes the distance and after a bit of a stuggle, scores a takedown into Yamamoto's guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Thorstein Horgmo dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Horgmo goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Yamamoto throws a sloppy head kick and Horgmo moves out of range easily.
Horgmo fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Horgmo scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Horgmo goes for an armbar here - this could be all over! But no, Yamamoto has escaped beautifully and is now on top in side control! Oh, that's unlucky for Horgmo but great work by Yamamoto.
Yamamoto lands a nice forearm strike.
Yamamoto cracks Horgmo with a big right hand but Horgmo just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Yamamoto wants to lay and pray for a moment but Horgmo keeps working.
Yamamoto looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Yamamoto cracks Horgmo with a big right hand but Horgmo just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Horgmo is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Yamamoto trying to control the action but Horgmo is working from the bottom.
Yamamoto scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Horgmo to see if he's OK.
Horgmo prevents Yamamoto from improving position.
Horgmo sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.
Yamamoto scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Horgmo tries to get to full guard but Yamamoto has control of the leg.
Yamamoto is looking to advance position but Horgmo won't allow it.
Horgmo looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Yamamoto winds up and cracks Horgmo with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
The fighters are battling for position here. Horgmo manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Horgmo is trying to control the position but Yamamoto postures up.
Yamamoto trying to control the position from guard on top but Horgmo is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Horgmo looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Yamamoto must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Yamamoto trying to control but Horgmo is working from the bottom.
Yamamoto stands up over Horgmo, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Yamamoto keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Horgmo's head.
Yamamoto trying to control the position from guard on top but Horgmo is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Yamamoto distracts Horgmo with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Yamamoto sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Horgmo's guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Yamamoto seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Horgmo does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Yamamoto passes to full mount!
Yamamoto landing strikes from the mount.
Yamamoto trying to control but Horgmo is having none of it.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Yamamoto jumps to side control looking for an arm triangle but Horgmo manages to avoid the submission attempt.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Yamamoto lands some shots froms side control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Norifumi Yamamoto showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! And we move into the final round!
Horgmo throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Horgmo is looking to clinch.
Yamamoto attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Horgmo scores a takedown into full mount!
Horgmo avoids the attempt from Yamamoto to control.
Yamamoto keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Horgmo wants to control the pace but Yamamoto is squirming around nicely.
Horgmo goes for an armbar but he's fallen flat on his backside there and now Yamamoto is on top in guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Yamamoto postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Yamamoto missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Yamamoto throws an elbow that misses. Horgmo uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Yamamoto's guard. Nice move by Horgmo!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Yamamoto trying to strike off his back.
Horgmo prevents Yamamoto from getting back to his feet.
Yamamoto has a closed guard, preventing Horgmo from standing up.
Horgmo wants to control from the top but Yamamoto keeps moving.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Yamamoto trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.
Yamamoto trying to strike off his back.
Yamamoto striking from the bottom.
Horgmo with a flurry of punches that miss.
Horgmo stands up from Yamamoto's guard - Horgmo perhaps looking for a knockout.
Horgmo misses with a jab, cross combination.
Yamamoto swats away the attempt to clinch by Horgmo.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Yamamoto chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Horgmo can pounce on him.
Horgmo is looking to land body kicks.
Yamamoto moves out of range as Horgmo throws a body kick.
A punch combination from Yamamoto misses.
Horgmo looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Yamamoto pushes Horgmo off and scrambles back to his feet.
Horgmo shoots and misses
and Yamamoto counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Yamamoto misses with a double jab.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Yamamoto.
Horgmo looks for a takedown but Yamamoto sprawls well.
Thorstein Horgmo is winning the standup battle so far.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Yamamoto throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Yamamoto fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
A leg kick checked by Horgmo.
Horgmo forces Yamamoto back against the cage and clinches.
Yamamoto stalls.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Horgmo breaks from the clinch.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Yamamoto swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Horgmo.
Yamamoto misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Horgmo shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Yamamoto defends it nicely.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Thorstein Horgmo. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Horgmo showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Yamamoto.
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 Thorstein Horgmo.
I think Horgmo 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 Yukihiro Shimada scores the fight 29:28
Judge Kenichi Hosakawa scores the fight 29:28
Judge Tatsuya Matsuyama scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Thorstein Horgmo!
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energy
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