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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Yuki Yamamoto (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Goran Schwarzeneg (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Goran Schwarzeneg has the eye of the tiger tonight.
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188 cm
30
206 lbs
12 - 9 - 0 |
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187 cm
40
210 lbs
20 - 57 - 1 |
BJJ Purple Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Very strong |
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BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Determined |
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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
12 - 9 - 0, fighting out of New York, Yuki Yamamoto! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
20 - 57 - 1, fighting out of New York, Goran Schwarzeneg! The judges for this bout are Lou da Vinci, Anthony Taglia and Chad Campbell.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Yamamoto takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
It looks like Yuki Yamamoto has been cut. Yamamoto moves into range and lands a nice leg kick. Schwarzeneg tries to close the distance and clinch up but Yamamoto swats him away and circles back towards the center. Nice takedown defense from Yamamoto. No joy for Schwarzeneg on that attempt. Schwarzeneg scores with a decent looking hook. Yamamoto takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Yamamoto is rocked! Yamamoto dodges the punch combination from Schwarzeneg.
Oh Yamamoto is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!! Schwarzeneg pushes Yamamoto up against the cage in a clinch. Schwarzeneg successfully pulls guard.
Yamamoto trying to pass the guard. He's being very persistent here but Schwarzeneg manages to land a sweep and now he's on top!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out! Schwarzeneg won't allow Yamamoto to sweep him here. The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing. Yamamoto wants to control but Schwarzeneg passes easily into half guard.
Schwarzeneg takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position. Schwarzeneg prevents Yamamoto from improving his position. Schwarzeneg takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position. Yamamoto wants to get back to full guard. Yamamoto seems to have got his legs back now. Schwarzeneg controlling the action here. Yamamoto wants to improve his position but Schwarzeneg is controlling well.
That's one minute gone in the round. Yamamoto manages to get to full guard.
Yamamoto looking to sweep here. No luck so far. Yamamoto is working an open guard so Schwarzeneg takes the opportunity to get back to his feet. Yamamoto lands a nice looking body kick. Schwarzeneg lands a high kick!
Yamamoto fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Schwarzeneg. Yamamoto scores with a push kick. Yuki Yamamoto seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout. Schwarzeneg looks winded! Schwarzeneg throws a jab when Yamamoto was well out of range. Wow, both these guys are really going for it! Yamamoto with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Schwarzeneg has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Yamamoto. Schwarzeneg drives through with a takedown into guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round. 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! Yamamoto is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive. Yamamoto is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Schwarzeneg is controlling him. Yamamoto trying to control the position.
Yamamoto tries to land a sweep but no joy. Yamamoto has his foot on Schwarzeneg's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Schwarzeneg works his way back into a safe position though. Yamamoto has control of Schwarzeneg's left arm, preventing Schwarzeneg from doing any damage. The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily. Schwarzeneg trying to control the position from guard on top but Yamamoto is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can. Yamamoto looking to try and escape his hips here, looking for a submission. It looks like he's going for a triangle but Schwarzeneg is defending well. Yamamoto quickly switches to an armbar and extends the arm! Schwarzeneg has no choice but to tap, to a very quick submission! Wow, that was lightning fast! Yamamoto celebrates on the cage, with the crowd.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Yuki Yamamoto!
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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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