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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Eli Bernstein (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jack Yun (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Eli Bernstein could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Jack Yun's chin.
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190 cm
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250 lbs
9 - 6 - 0 |
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188 cm
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255 lbs
5 - 3 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine |
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BJJ Brown Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division. Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of
9 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Eli Bernstein! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Jack Yun! The judges for this bout are Kenichi Hosakawa, Shigeki Fujiwara and Shirou Masuda.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Bernstein throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Yun on the side of the head. Bernstein misses the body punch enabling Yun to counter with a crisp jab. Bernstein throws a leg kick but Yun sees it coming and checks it nicely. Bernstein fails with a takedown attempt. Bernstein swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Bernstein is looking to clinch. Bernstein misses with a shot to the body and Yun connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle. Bernstein throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Bernstein tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Yun swivels and escapes. Bernstein falls off balance throwing a combination
and Yun counters with a stiff right hand. Bernstein throws out a token jab with nothing on it. Yun connects with the punch. A left and a right from Yun both land. Nice combination. The crowd are loving this. Great action here. A head kick by Bernstein misses letting Yun counter with a right hand. The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Yun checks a leg kick.
That's one minute gone in the round. A telegraphed takedown attempt from Yun is defended easily by Bernstein. Yun throws a jab when Bernstein was well out of range. Yun blocks a leg kick. Eli Bernstein seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout. Bernstein fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Yun, pushing him back against the cage. Yun avoiding damage as Bernstein throws knees to the body.
Yun stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body. Bernstein lands on the inside with an uppercut. Yun lands a nice uppercut. Yun misses with a short punch on the inside. Yun stops a takedown attempt from Bernstein.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Eli Bernstein. That's going to take a lot out of him. Yun misses with a short punch on the inside. Yun tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage. Bernstein tries to land a knee to the head but Yun blocks with his arms.
Knees to the body from Bernstein.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here. Yun lands a nice uppercut. Yun scores with a hook to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Bernstein misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Yun.
Yun throws a punch but it's blocked by Bernstein. Yun misses with the head strike.
Yun misses with a body punch.
Bernstein works on Yun's body with a couple of short punches. Bernstein tries a knee to the head but Yun blocks it.
Bernstein tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Yun avoids it. Yun tries a body shot but Bernstein blocks it.
Yun is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace. Bernstein tries to land knees in the clinch but Yun avoids the damage to the body. A short right from Yun. Bernstein's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button! Yun working aggressively here.
Yun misses with a short punch on the inside. Yun throws a punch but it's blocked by Bernstein. Yun blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning. Bernstein tries a knee to the head but Yun blocks it.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Yun fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Yun lands a hook that snaps the head of Bernstein backwards. Bernstein throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Yun blocks a body shot from Bernstein. Yun throws a head punch that misses. Yun scores with a shoulder strike. Yun prevents the takedown attempt.
Bernstein throws a knee to the head but misses.
Yun swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Bernstein taking a breather. Bernstein blocking some punches.
Yun managing to block the knees to the body from Bernstein.
Yun misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Bernstein misses with a punch to the body.
Bernstein goes for a takedown attempt but Yun pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Yun throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Bernstein tries to clinch but Yun moves out of range. Yun blocks a low kick nicely. The crowd are loving this. Great action here. A leg kick checked by Yun. Yun scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent. Bernstein tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Yun defends well and Bernstein ends up having to push Yun into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch. Yun misses with a hook from the clinch. Yun lands with a short shot to the head. Yun with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Yun misses with some punches.
I was talking to Bernstein's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight. A shot in the inside from Yun. Yun digs a right hand into Bernstein's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Bernstein's gas tank. Bernstein is breathing heavily. The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action! A short right from Yun. Bernstein misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Yun.
Bernstein throws a knee to the head but misses.
Bernstein tries to throw a body punch but Yun avoids it by throwing Bernstein back against the cage. Yun is working Bernstein over against the cage. And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jack Yun dominated that round. The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Bernstein pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Yun slips a jab from Bernstein. Bernstein throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle. Yun shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Bernstein as he avoids it easily. Bernstein misses with a takedown and Yun counters with a big head kick but Bernstein shrugs it off. Bernstein on the wrong end of a nice jab. Yun throws out a powerful jab. Bernstein throws a lazy head kick and Yun counters with a stiff right hand. Bernstein scores with a body shot.
A jab from Yun does it's job there. We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out! Bernstein does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy. Yun swinging wildly here.
Bernstein throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Yun was covering up waiting for the punch and Bernstein finishes the takedown easily into guard.
That's one minute gone in the round. We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup. Yun lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Bernstein! BOOM! Yun connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Bernstein wants to control but Yun is having none of it. The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work. Yun in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Yun tries to control but Bernstein wriggling away. Yun dominating with strikes here. We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out! Bernstein tries to lock up and control but Yun gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away. Yun has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan. Yun connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Bernstein is rocked! Oooh a big shot lands for Yun! Bernstein is out! The ref dives in to save him from more punishment!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:55 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Jack Yun!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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