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Coming up we have a light heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Dan Mason (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Yuta Yamashita (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Yuta Yamashita is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.
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212 lbs
1 - 1 - 0 |
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205 lbs
11 - 16 - 0 |
Excellent boxer
Very strong
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Good kicks
Solid chin
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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 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Dan Mason!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
11 - 16 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Yuta Yamashita!
The judges for this bout are Stewart Dunkirk, Wesley Smith and Daniel Franklin.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Yamashita misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Mason ducks under a wild hook from Yamashita.
Mason slips a straight right by Yamashita.
Mason closes the distance but Yamashita moves to the side
and Yamashita connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
It looks like Dan Mason has been cut.
Yamashita listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Yamashita throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Yamashita takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Yamashita misses with a body shot.
Mason works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Yuta Yamashita seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Yamashita throws a shot to the body.
Mason misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Mason misses with a jab, cross combination.
Yamashita gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Yamashita comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Mason.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mason clinches up with Yamashita and pushes him back against the ropes.
Yamashita lands a shoulder strike.
Yamashita misses with a punch on the inside.
Mason has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Yamashita breaks the clinch.
Yamashita tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Mason was well out of range. Poor timing from Yamashita.
Mason swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Mason definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Yamashita is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Yamashita ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
A looping hook to the body misses from Mason. Yamashita does a little dance to reset his feet.
Mason is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Yamashita.
Mason wants to clinch.
Mason just misses with a punch to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A punch combination from Yamashita misses.
Yamashita misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Mason.
Mason misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Yamashita.
Mason doesn't manage to clinch there - Yamashita circles away.
Mason misses with a body shot.
Yamashita defending well as Mason loads up on a big left hand.
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!
Mason lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Yamashita misses with a double jab
and Mason cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Yamashita is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Mason rather than just go for the knockout.
Yamashita lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Mason doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Mason bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Yamashita's head.
Mason is looking to clinch.
Mason connects with a good right hand that stumbles Yamashita. Yamashita circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Yamashita misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mason darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Yamashita misses with a jab, cross combination.
Mason seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
Mason misses with a hook. Yamashita ducked under it nicely.
Mason tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in to close the distance. Yamashita manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Nice shot lands for Mason.
No joy there for Yamashita, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Mason throws a right and a left that both miss.
Yamashita swings for the body but Mason moves out of range.
Mason is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Mason takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Yamashita throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Mason.
Mason misses with the combination.
Yamashita misses with a wild combination.
Mason wants to clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Mason connects with a jab.
Yamashita digs a good hook to Mason's body.
Yamashita swings for the body but Mason moves out of range.
Mason throwing a counter right hand but Yamashita manages to avoid it.
Yamashita fails to land with a series of punches.
Yamashita slips under a jab.
Yamashita lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Mason backs up against the ropes.
Yamashita misses with the combination.
Yamashita misses with a looping right.
Yamashita lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Mason circles away quickly and effectively.
A right-left combo lands from Mason.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Mason avoids the body shot from Yamashita.
Yamashita throws a jab when Mason was well out of range.
Mason avoids a punch combination nicely.
Mason swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Yamashita showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Mason.
Yamashita's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Yamashita duly obliges.
Dan Mason's cut is getting worse.
Mason closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Yamashita connects with a looping right hand.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Yamashita misses with some punches.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Yamashita.
Dan Mason's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Yamashita fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Mason wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Mason's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Yamashita digs a good body shot into Mason's ribs.
Yamashita just misses with a punch to the body.
Sloppy strikes from Yamashita. Those never looked like landing.
Yamashita wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Yamashita tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Mason was well out of range. Poor timing from Yamashita.
Mason swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Mason swings for the body but Yamashita moves out of range.
It seemed like Yamashita was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Yamashita steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Mason.
Mason slips under a jab from Yamashita.
Yamashita digs a good hook to Mason's body.
Mason looks to land a left hand but Yamashita moved out of range nicely.
Mason misses with a straight right.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Mason throws a nice looking combination but Yamashita bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Yamashita throws a right hand that Mason ducks under and follows up with a left that Mason also avoids with ease.
Mason wants to clinch up but Yamashita keeps it at a distance.
Yamashita scores with a hook to the body. Mason takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Mason misses with a few strikes there.
Mason is breathing heavily.
Yamashita throws a body shot but no joy.
Yamashita swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Mason counters with a three punch combo that has Yamashita backing up. Yamashita nods at Mason to acknowledge the strikes.
Mason throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
enabling Yamashita to counter with a crisp jab.
A decent looking cross lands there for Yamashita.
Yamashita lands with a right, followed by a left to the temple and Mason goes down! The ref sends Yamashita to a neutral corner so he can begin the count. 3,4,5,6 and Mason is back to his feet. He seems a little groggy but the referee thinks he's OK to continue, so we're back to the action!
Mason is rocked!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Yamashita showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Mason.
Yamashita throws a counter combo.
Oh Mason is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Yamashita lands a slapping body shot.
Mason seems to have got his legs back now.
Yamashita circles away before darting back in with a big straight right hand. It connects beautifully and sends Mason tumbling to the canvas! He's out cold! Yamashita wins by KO!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 7:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Yuta Yamashita!
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energy
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hype
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RATING
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