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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Kenshin Yamamoto (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Andrew Clark (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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147 lbs
11 - 1 - 0 |
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147 lbs
11 - 2 - 0 |
Good wrestling
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the bantamweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
11 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Kenshin Yamamoto!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
11 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Andrew Clark!
The judges for this bout are Tatsuya Matsuyama, Yukihiro Shimada and Shigeki Fujiwara.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Clark throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Clark lands a body shot.
Clark lands with a straight right. Yamamoto didn't see that one coming.
Yamamoto throws a hook to the side of Clark's head but Clark sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Yamamoto avoids the body shot from Clark.
Clark throws a nice looking combination but Yamamoto bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Clark connects with a good right hand that stumbles Yamamoto. Yamamoto circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Andrew Clark seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Yamamoto throws a head kick that misses.
A head kick from Clark lands but Yamamoto takes it in his stride.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Yamamoto misses with a straight right.
Clark looks for the body kick but Yamamoto saw that one coming.
Clark ducks under a wild hook from Yamamoto.
Clark lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Yamamoto at a distance.
Yamamoto drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
Clark stuck in half guard on the bottom here.
Yamamoto wants to control but Clark is keeping him busy.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Clark is looking to reverse the position.
The referee asks Yamamoto politely if he wouldn't mind getting on with it and actually doing something. Yamamoto prefers to stall for the moment though.
Clark is looking to reverse the position.
Clark tries to slip a leg under to move to half guard but Yamamoto presses down on the leg and jumps into full mount!
Clark is bucking up trying to escape but Yamamoto cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Clark is looking to get to half guard.
Yamamoto landing punches.
Yamamoto lands a heavy elbow.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Clark is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Yamamoto with good strikes from the mount here!
Yamamoto controlling his opponent.
Clark keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Clark is still trying to improve position.
The referee warns Clark that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Yamamoto dominating with strikes here.
Yamamoto putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Clark tries to hold on but Yamamoto postures up.
BOOM! Yamamoto connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Clark is rocked!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Yamamoto quickly switches position and commits to an armbar! It's a big risk for Yamamoto but it's paid off an Clark is forced to tap! Nice work by Yamamoto.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:20 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Kenshin Yamamoto!
Kenshin Yamamoto retains his bantamweight title!
A relieved looking Kenshin Yamamoto thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.
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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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