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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Yuta Yamashita (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Junior Sasi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Yuta Yamashita could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Junior Sasi's chin.
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205 lbs
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201 lbs
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BJJ White Belt
Good kicks
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Counter fighter
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Yuta Yamashita!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Junior Sasi!
The judges for this bout are John Roberts, David Schapiro and Franklyn Lucas.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Both fighters are only really looking to counter, so after a good 30 seconds of circling eachother endlessly, the referee has stepped in and told them both to be more aggressive.
Yamashita leaves Sasi with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Sasi decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
Yamashita is looking to escape.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Sasi connects with a nice short shot to Yamashita's temple.
Sasi really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Yamashita. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Sasi is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Sasi lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Sasi working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Sasi is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Sasi lands strikes from half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Sasi escapes and gets back to his feet.
Both fighters are looking to counter, which isn't making for the most exciting fight in the world.
Yamashita looks to land a body kick but Sasi moved away.
Yamashita scores with a head kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Yamashita scoring well with a low kick there.
Sasi shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Yamashita as he jumps to the side.
Sasi fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Yamashita sprawls well initially but Sasi persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Sasi connects with a nice short shot to Yamashita's temple.
Sasi working Yamashita over with strikes.
Sasi looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Yamashita with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Yamashita is breathing heavily.
Sasi landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Sasi working the head and body with strikes.
Sasi winds up and cracks Yamashita with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Yamashita is rocked!
Yamashita on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Oh Yamashita is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Sasi is sitting in half guard. He's postured up and lands a nice elbow. Oh, Yamashita is hurt! He's hurt bad - Sasi fires away with more strikes and the referee jumps in to save Yamashita from any more punishment! Congratulations to Sasi! Great finish!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:49 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Junior Sasi!
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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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