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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Brad Brown (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Minamoto Yoritomo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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185 cm
21
210 lbs
0 - 0 - 0 |
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185 cm
22
204 lbs
1 - 1 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Granite chin |
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BJJ Purple Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Tends to cut |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 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 Tokyo, Brad Brown! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Minamoto Yoritomo! The judges for this bout are Tatsuya Matsuyama, Yukihiro Yamamoto and Shirou Masuda.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! The fight stays on the outside here - Yoritomo looks like he's thinking about clinching though. Yoritomo tries to clinch there but Brown circles away.
Brown avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Brad Brown seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout. Yoritomo tries to clinch up but Brown circles away and keeps his distance. Brown looks to score with a combo but nothing lands. Brown misses with the combination.
Yoritomo avoids a punch combination nicely.
Yoritomo throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Yoritomo doesn't manage to clinch there - Brown circles away.
Yoritomo moves in looking to clinch but Brown pushes him off. Brown throws a series of punches but Yoritomo avoids them all with ease. Brown swats away the attempt to clinch by Yoritomo. Brown has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Yoritomo. Yoritomo is looking to clinch. Yoritomo lands a nice looking kick to the body. Brown takes a step back to recover. Wow, both these guys are really going for it! Brown throws a nice looking combination but Yoritomo bobs and weaves to avoid any damage. Brown keeps the fight on the outside. Yoritomo tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion. Brown throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Yoritomo. Yoritomo tries to clinch but Brown moves out of range. Oooh a lovely combination from Brown sends Yoritomo down but not out. Brown dives into side control looking to finish.
Yoritomo is rocked!
It looks like Minamoto Yoritomo has been cut. Yoritomo stops Brown from passing to mount. Yoritomo is still in real trouble! Can Brown finish him? Brown is breathing heavily. Brown wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Yoritomo, who protects the arm well.
That's one minute gone in the round. Brown wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Yoritomo, who protects the arm well. You can see the frustration on Yoritomo's face, being in this tough position on the bottom. Yoritomo seems to have recovered his senses. Brown tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Brown has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought! Brown wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Yoritomo, who protects the arm well. Brown is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Yoritomo has escaped the position, nice work there. Yoritomo prevents Brown from moving into mount. Brown is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Yoritomo knows the correct defense though, so he's OK. Brown working away.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Yoritomo tries to get back to half guard but can't. Both fighters really going for it on the ground here! Brown tries to cartwheel into mount but he doesn't manage it. Brown has knee on belly and moves into mount. The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves. Yoritomo really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Brown looking for an armbar but decides to keep the dominant position instead. Yoritomo is working to get back to half guard.
Yoritomo slips a leg in and gets back to half guard. Brown is working for a submission of some sort.
Yoritomo slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work. Yoritomo controls Brown momentarily but Brown frees himself. Brown pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Yoritomo is keeping the position for now.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Brown drops back, looking for a kneebar! Yoritomo looks panicked! The fighters roll across the mat, one looking to finish, one looking to escape. Yoritomo looks to have wriggled free... Yes, he's got his leg free and he's dived into side control! Good work there from Yoritomo! Yoritomo tries for a kimura but Brown is defending well. Brown is trying to get back to half guard. Yoritomo is in a dominant position here, looking for a kimura. Brown looks calm but he's in trouble here. Yoritomo gets his head over his opponent's head and yanks on the arm. Brown is tapping like a morse code operator on the titanic! SOS! SOS! Yoritomo lets go of the hold and Brown can pop his arm back in it's socket.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:42 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Minamoto Yoritomo!
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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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