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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Norifumi Yamamoto (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tombstone Terry (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both these guys are coming into the fight with injuries so let's see if that has a bearing on the fight. I can't wait for this one - let's get the fighter introductions out of the way and get this one started!
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134 lbs
7 - 7 - 0 |
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188 cm
31
135 lbs
21 - 30 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Experienced |
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BJJ Brown Belt
Excellent MT
Powerful |
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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
7 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Norifumi Yamamoto!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
21 - 30 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Tombstone Terry!
The judges for this bout are Yasuomi Hirokawa, Hirohito Nitta and Yukihiro Shimada.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Yamamoto slaps away a takedown attempt from Terry, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Terry looks gassed!
Terry avoids the head kick by Yamamoto.
Terry tries to close the distance and clinch up but Yamamoto swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Yamamoto pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Tombstone Terry seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Terry dives in and grabs Yamamoto's left leg, looking for a takedown. Yamamoto pushes down on Terry's head and hops out.
Terry is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Yamamoto throws a lazy head kick
and Terry counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Terry avoids a punch combination nicely.
Yamamoto misses with a combination
and Terry counters with a body kick.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Terry connects with a nasty looking knee right to Yamamoto's face.
Terry blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Terry misses with a knee strike.
Yamamoto is trying to break the clinch but Terry has him pressed against the cage.
Yamamoto is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Terry is defending well for now.
Yamamoto tries to break free but Terry pushes him back against the cage.
Terry keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Yamamoto's efforts to push away.
Yamamoto is trying to break free.
Terry breaks the clinch.
Terry tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Yamamoto manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Terry will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Yamamoto tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
A punch combination from Yamamoto misses.
Terry fails with the takedown
and Yamamoto counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Norifumi Yamamoto has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Tombstone Terry.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Yamamoto throws a right and a left that both miss.
Yamamoto throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Terry counters with a big head kick but Yamamoto shrugs it off.
Yamamoto throws a left and a right that both miss
and Terry counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
A combination from Yamamoto does no damage.
Terry tries to clinch but Yamamoto is having none of it.
Terry closes the distance and pushes Yamamoto back into the cage.
Yamamoto missing with knees to the body.
Yamamoto wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Terry lands an elbow inside.
Yamamoto wants to break free but Terry has control.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Terry drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Terry looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Yamamoto is trying to break the clinch but Terry is controlling him.
Yamamoto is trying to break the clinch but Terry is controlling him.
Terry drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Yamamoto wants to break the clinch but can't.
Yamamoto misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Terry.
Yamamoto throws an elbow that misses.
Terry pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Terry scores with a knee to the head.
Terry taking a breather.
Yamamoto has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Yamamoto.
A frustrated look appears on Terry's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Terry swings wildly with an uppercut but Yamamoto uses good head movement to avoid it.
Yamamoto is trying to push Terry away but Terry has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Yamamoto looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Terry looking to throw knees to the head but Yamamoto is blocking nicely.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Terry blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Terry is pushing Yamamoto up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Yamamoto is trying to break the clinch but Terry has him pressed against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Norifumi Yamamoto will probably get the nod.
That's time! Back to the action!
Yamamoto misses with a double jab
and Terry counters with a slapping leg kick.
Yamamoto stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Yamamoto wants it to stay on the feet.
Terry is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Yamamoto misses with a jab, cross combination.
Terry tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Yamamoto lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Terry circles away quickly and effectively.
Yamamoto looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Terry wants to clinch up but Yamamoto keeps it at a distance.
Yamamoto will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Yamamoto takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Yamamoto throws a sloppy head kick and Terry moves out of range easily.
Terry shoots in for a double leg but Yamamoto sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
A head kick misses from Yamamoto.
Yamamoto throws a right and a left that both miss.
Terry tries to clinch up.
Yamamoto misses with a head kick.
Terry scores with a head kick. Yamamoto tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Yamamoto swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Yamamoto swings away with a body shot that misses
and Terry moves into the clinch.
Yamamoto takes an elbow to the forehead.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Yamamoto can't break the clinch.
Terry has Yamamoto pressed against the cage, preventing Yamamoto from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Terry turns his back and goes for a hip toss. It's a bit messy but it gets the job done and Terry manages to end up in side control.
Yamamoto is trying to control Terry's posture but Terry avoids it.
Terry creates some space and throws a big elbow, but Yamamoto sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.
Yamamoto might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Yamamoto tries to wriggle free to get back to his feet but he's given up his back! Oops.
Yamamoto is taking damage to the body and head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Terry is punishing Yamamoto with strikes - can he finish him?!
Terry has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Terry is trying to control but Yamamoto is trying to escape here - he's now mounted.
Terry lands with some strikes.
Yamamoto throwing hammer fists to the chest of Terry. What's that going to do exactly?
Yamamoto knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Terry on the ground.
Terry raining down hammerfists from mount.
Yamamoto flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Terry throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Yamamoto because Terry loaded up on that one.
Terry sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Terry looking to finish with strikes here!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Tombstone Terry showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!
Terry darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Yamamoto taking some punishment here, with Terry in his half guard.
Terry wants to pass the guard but Yamamoto is defending well.
Terry gets to his feet - back to striking we go!
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A jab from Yamamoto misses.
Yamamoto will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Terry tries to clinch up but Yamamoto circles away and keeps his distance.
Yamamoto throws a left and a right that both miss
and Terry counters with a one-two to the body.
Terry tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Yamamoto paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Yamamoto looks to land a body kick but Terry moved away.
Norifumi Yamamoto is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Terry tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Yamamoto counters with a straight right hand.
Yamamoto misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Terry pushes Yamamoto up against the cage in a clinch.
Terry keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Yamamoto's efforts to push away.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Terry tries to pull guard but Yamamoto holds him up against the cage and eventually Terry drops back down to his feet.
Yamamoto looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Yamamoto tries to break the clinch but Terry is controlling the position.
Terry breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Terry wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Yamamoto throws a series of punches but Terry moves out of range.
Terry fails with an attempt to clinch.
Yamamoto throws a head kick that misses
and Terry counters by clinching up.
Terry is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Yamamoto struggles to land a body shot inside as Terry controls his hands.
Yamamoto tries to break the clinch but Terry is controlling the position.
Yamamoto wants to break free but Terry has control.
Yamamoto misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Terry.
Terry keeps control of Yamamoto as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Terry jumps guard and drags Yamamoto to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Yamamoto wants to control from the top but Terry keeps moving.
Yamamoto postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Tombstone Terry has got the better of the ground game so far.
Terry is trying to keep Yamamoto in close.
Yamamoto trying to move into half guard but instead Terry has managed to sweep!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Terry trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Terry won't allow Yamamoto to get back to his feet.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Terry is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
The ref calls for a clean break and stands the fighters back up. Tombstone Terry wasn't active enough on the ground.
Yamamoto throws a series of punches but Terry moves out of range.
Norifumi Yamamoto is winning the standup battle so far.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Terry tries to close the distance and clinch up but Yamamoto swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Terry forces Yamamoto back against the cage and clinches.
And that's the end of the fight!
Tombstone Terry comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Terry has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Yasuomi Hirokawa scores the fight 28:29
Judge Hirohito Nitta scores the fight 28:29
Judge Yukihiro Shimada scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Tombstone Terry!
Tombstone Terry took to the microphone after his victory and thanked his sponsors, Golden Supplements [O.R.G] for their support in the buildup to the fight.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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RATING
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