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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Jimmy Snuka (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Yoshio Yamamoto (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Yamamoto has chosen WORLD ORDER - WORLD ORDER as his entrance music. The fight MMA fans around the world have waited their entire lives for!
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171 cm
26
145 lbs
4 - 5 - 0 |
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167 cm
26
135 lbs
2 - 1 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Solid Muay Thai
Good chin |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Determined |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division. Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of
4 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jimmy Snuka! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Yoshio Yamamoto! The judges for this bout are Russell Pearce, Alyssa Summers and Dean Styles.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Snuka throws a push kick but Yamamoto slaps the foot to one side. A big right from Snuka misses. We've been informed that Yamamoto has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result. Yamamoto works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance. Yamamoto dips down and scores with a jab to the body. A punch combination from Yamamoto misses. Snuka closes the distance and clinches. Snuka lands a damaging elbow. Yamamoto tries to break the clinch but Snuka is controlling the position. Snuka missing with knees to the body.
Yamamoto swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Snuka lands a nice uppercut. Snuka has a couple of punches blocked by Yamamoto.
Snuka tries a knee to the head but Yamamoto blocks it.
Snuka has Yamamoto pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Yamamoto manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing. Yamamoto avoids the elbow strike from Snuka, against the cage.
Snuka blocks an elbow strike. Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd. Snuka has Yamamoto pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Yamamoto manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing. Yamamoto lands a left hand that snaps the head of Snuka backwards. Yamamoto managing to block the knees to the body from Snuka.
Snuka throws an elbow that misses.
That's one minute gone in the round. A head punch on the inside from Snuka fails to land. Yamamoto is trying to break the clinch but Snuka has him pressed against the cage. Yamamoto prevents a takedown attempt there.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jimmy Snuka. That's going to take a lot out of him. Yamamoto can't break the clinch.
Snuka creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses. Snuka throws a knee to the head but misses.
Snuka blocks a body shot from Yamamoto. With the two fighters working up against the cage, Snuka just misses with a elbow thrown towards Yamamoto's brow. Snuka creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses. Yamamoto with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Yamamoto lands a left hand that snaps the head of Snuka backwards. Yamamoto prevents a takedown attempt there.
Yamamoto with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Snuka doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Yamamoto lands a shoulder strike. Yamamoto avoids a wild elbow strike from Snuka. A body shot lands from Yamamoto.
That's two minutes gone in the round. A head punch on the inside from Snuka fails to land. Snuka tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Snuka is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though. Yamamoto working aggressively here.
Yamamoto gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Snuka.
Yamamoto working hard to break the clinch. Yamamoto is trying to push Snuka away but Snuka has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere. Yamamoto blocks an elbow strike from Snuka.
Yamamoto misses with a hook from the clinch. Yamamoto looks to throw an elbow but misses. Snuka lands a knee to the head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out! Yamamoto pushes Snuka back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head. Yamamoto wants to break free but Snuka has control.
Snuka takes a shot to the head. Yamamoto blocks the elbow strike.
Snuka throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Yamamoto blocks it with crossed arms. Yamamoto swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Snuka changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Yamamoto fights it off and pushes away nicely.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Snuka lands with a right hand. Snuka takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
It looks like Jimmy Snuka has been cut. A swing and a miss from Snuka. Snuka throws a hook but Yamamoto blocks it. Snuka swings widly with a right hand
and Yamamoto counters with a stiff right hand. Snuka chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Snuka moves in looking to clinch but Yamamoto pushes him off. Snuka keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Yamamoto. Yamamoto throws a half hearted mid kick. Snuka throws a right hand that Yamamoto ducks under and follows up with a left that Yamamoto also avoids with ease. Snuka uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Yamamoto. Yamamoto throws a right and a left that Snuka avoids nicely. Nice uppercut lands for Yamamoto. That snapped Snuka's head back.
Yoshio Yamamoto is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs. Snuka paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button. The crowd are loving this. Great action here. A swing and a miss from Yamamoto. Snuka seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Yamamoto misses with a low kick.
Snuka throws a one two combo.
Snuka gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there. Yamamoto scores with a body shot.
Yamamoto throws out a powerful jab. Yamamoto throws a big shot that misses. Snuka gets in close and instigates a clinch. Snuka lands a glancing elbow in the clinch. Yamamoto misses with a hook to the ribs.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Yamamoto. Snuka pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat. Snuka tries to clinch there but Yamamoto circles away.
Despite the aggression on Yamamoto's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter. Snuka takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch. Yamamoto misses with an uppercut
and Snuka counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head. Snuka throws a body kick but he was well out of range there. A clash of legs there as Snuka blocks the low kick. And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Yoshio Yamamoto will probably get the nod. The cut man is working on Jimmy Snuka's cut. The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Oooooh!!! Yamamoto has knocked Snuka down with a huge combo! Yamamoto steps away and waves a wobbly Snuka back to his feet! This one might not go much longer!
Snuka is still looking wobbly from the end of the last round! Snuka looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight. Yamamoto punishes Snuka's body with a nice straight punch. Oh Snuka is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!! A big right followed by a crushing left from Yamamoto knocks Snuka out cold! Ouch - that one's going to be featured in highlight reels for years to come!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:11 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Yoshio Yamamoto! A victorious Yoshio Yamamoto thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter. Jimmy Snuka was interviewed post fight and said 'Argghhh!!'.
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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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