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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Nanaki Yotomishi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Matt Gentry (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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160 lbs
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163 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
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Basic striking
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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
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Nanaki Yotomishi!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Matt Gentry!
The judges for this bout are Andrew Berry, Richard Clark and James Atkins.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Yotomishi shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Gentry's guard.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
Yotomishi wants to control from the top but Gentry keeps moving.
Yotomishi won't allow Gentry to sweep him here.
Yotomishi slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
Yotomishi trying to control the position from guard on top but Gentry is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Yotomishi slips nicely into half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Yotomishi is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
Yotomishi missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Yotomishi looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Gentry wants to get back to full guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Yotomishi tries to pass to full mount but Gentry defends it.
Gentry trying to control here.
Yotomishi sitting and controlling from the half guard.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Gentry misses the body punch
and Yotomishi counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Yotomishi moves in looking to clinch but Gentry pushes him off.
Yotomishi takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Yotomishi ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
A telegraphed right hand from Gentry misses the target.
Yotomishi throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Gentry's waist but Gentry gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Yotomishi off to one side.
Yotomishi throws a head kick that Gentry semi-blocks.
Yotomishi goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Matt Gentry seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Yotomishi tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Gentry paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Gentry looks to land a left hand but Yotomishi moved out of range nicely.
Yotomishi tries a head kick but it misses.
Yotomishi moves out of range as Gentry strikes.
Gentry rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Yotomishi makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Gentry really felt that one!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Yotomishi looks to land a combination. Gentry sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Yotomishi ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Yotomishi shoots in but no luck this time.
Yotomishi is breathing heavily.
Gentry throws an off balance right hand
and Yotomishi counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Gentry wants a takedown but no success here.
Gentry goes for a takedown attempt but Yotomishi pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Gentry missing with a left hand there. Yotomishi was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Yotomishi keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Yotomishi lands a nice leg kick that just misses Gentry's sensitive parts.
Yotomishi throws a head kick but Gentry moves out of range.
Yotomishi decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Yotomishi is trying for a kimura here. Gentry looks like he's in a lot of pain... and he's tapping out! Yotomishi wins by kimura!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Nanaki Yotomishi!
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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
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