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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Yushin Okami (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tong Van damm (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Okami comes into the arena with EMF - Unbelieveble blaring out of the sound system. Van damm comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Life Goes On kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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195 lbs
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200 lbs
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Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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ADCC Champion
World class MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
16 - 12 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Yushin Okami!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
20 - 16 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Tong Van damm!
The judges for this bout are Ivan Kurochkin, Aleksei Zolotukhin and Fedor Mirinova.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Van damm throws a series of punches but Okami moves out of range.
Van damm takes a swing at Okami's ribcage but misses.
Van damm is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Okami's half guard.
Van damm throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Okami wants to get back to his feet.
Van damm is working for a submission of some sort.
Okami keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Okami tries to roll over but Van damm keeps him under control.
Okami blocking the ground and pound attempt from Van damm.
Van damm wants to work for an arm triangle but Okami is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Van damm tries to pass the half guard into mount. Okami knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Van damm trying to control from half guard but Okami is working away.
Okami wants to control but Van damm is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Okami tries to kick Van damm off but Van damm keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Okami trying desperately to get back to his feet here but he's not having any joy at all. He's going to tire himself out if he's not careful.
Okami avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Van damm.
Van damm thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Okami's head.
Van damm not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Van damm thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Okami is staying active underneath Van damm, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Okami knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Van damm on the ground.
Van damm throwing shots but Okami is blocking nicely.
Okami is refusing to be controlled, as Van damm sits in half guard.
Van damm throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Van damm seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Okami does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Van damm wants to pass to mount but Okami is defending the position.
Okami is staying active underneath Van damm, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Van damm scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Okami wants to control but Van damm is keeping busy and won't allow it.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Okami is trying to stand up here but Van damm is controlling him well.
Van damm takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Van damm is looking for a kimura here.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Okami is staying active underneath Van damm, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Okami wants to get back to his feet.
Okami makes some distance and scrambles quickly back to his feet. Nice work!
Van damm closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Okami to the mat! Okami manages to get full guard.
Van damm is stalling in the full guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Van damm trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Okami keeping moving, preventing Van damm from controlling successfully.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
The ref stands the fighters back up. Tong Van damm was stalling too much, according to the referee.
Van damm fails with the takedown.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Horrible takedown by Van damm or perhaps it was just good defense by Okami which made him look bad.
Okami stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Okami wants it to stay on the feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Tong Van damm dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Van damm throws a sloppy head kick and Okami moves out of range easily.
Van damm cracks the inside of Okami's front leg.
Van damm throws a head kick that misses.
Van damm lands a head kick. Okami smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
It looks like Yushin Okami has been cut.
Okami keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Okami scores with a crisp jab that stopped Van damm in his tracks.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Okami checks a leg kick.
Van damm throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Van damm has his takedown stuffed
and Okami counters with a series of strikes that practically lifts Van damm off his feet! He tumbles backwards, his head bouncing off the mat - Okami follows up with more strikes before the ref can step in but Van damm was out before he hit the floor.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:47 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Yushin Okami!
Yushin Okami thanked the fans post fight for their support.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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