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Coming up we have a light heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Yuta Yamashita (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Floyd Sinclair (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Yuta Yamashita has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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205 lbs
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200 lbs
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Solid boxing
KO power
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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 - 16 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Yuta Yamashita!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Floyd Sinclair!
The judges for this bout are Chris Downing, Robert Twigg and Tiny Johnson.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sinclair ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Sinclair scores with a nice head shot.
A shot to the body from Yamashita misses
and Sinclair counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Yamashita misses the shot to the body.
Sinclair looks to land a combination but Yamashita avoids it well.
Yamashita is looking to counter punch.
Sinclair uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Yamashita.
Sinclair looks like he wants to counter punch here.
A shot to the body from Yamashita misses
enabling Sinclair to counter with a crisp jab.
Yamashita swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Yamashita misses with a hook.
Sinclair looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Yamashita swings for the body but Sinclair moves out of range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sinclair fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Yamashita manages to avoid it.
Sinclair moves into the clinch successfully.
A frustrated look appears on Sinclair's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Sinclair blocks an uppercut.
A head punch on the inside from Sinclair fails to land.
Sinclair tries to break free but Yamashita pushes him back against the ropes.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Yamashita lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Sinclair or not.
Yamashita breaks the clinch.
Yuta Yamashita seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Sinclair connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Yamashita misses with the combination.
Sinclair uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Yamashita.
Yamashita takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Sinclair catches Yamashita with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Yamashita swinging wildly here.
Yamashita throws a series of punches but Sinclair avoids them all with ease.
Sinclair lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
A punch combination from Yamashita misses.
Sinclair cracks Yamashita with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Yamashita swings away with a body shot that misses
and Sinclair counters with a two punch combo.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Yamashita missing with a left hand there. Sinclair was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Yamashita tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Sinclair was well out of range. Poor timing from Yamashita.
Sinclair slips under a jab.
Yamashita throws a right and a left that Sinclair avoids nicely.
Yamashita throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Sinclair with a body punch. A glancing blow.
No joy there for Yamashita, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Sinclair looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Sinclair misses with a two punch combination.
Yamashita swings widly with a right hand
and Sinclair counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Yamashita misses with a few strikes there.
Yamashita thows a left - swing and a miss!
Sinclair misses with a series of wild punches.
Yamashita thows a left - swing and a miss!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Yamashita misses with a shot to the body
and Sinclair counters with a stiff right hand.
A nice combination there by Sinclair.
Yamashita connects with a body shot that sends Sinclair's belly button to the back.
Some wild striking there from Yamashita.
Yamashita scores with a decent looking hook.
Sinclair uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Sinclair is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Yamashita had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
A combination from Yamashita does no damage.
Yamashita throws a right and a left that Sinclair avoids nicely.
Yamashita is looking to wear down Sinclair with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Yamashita just misses with a punch to the body.
As Yamashita backs off Sinclair throws a huge counter combo but Yamashita manages to avoid it all.
Yamashita just misses with a punch to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Sinclair lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Yamashita misses with an uppercut
and Sinclair counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Yamashita misses with a combination
and Sinclair makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Sinclair moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Sinclair fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Yamashita looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Sinclair avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Sinclair misses with a jab, cross combination.
Sinclair scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Sinclair lands with a straight right. Yamashita didn't see that one coming.
Yamashita misses with a body shot
enabling Sinclair to counter with a crisp jab.
Sinclair stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Nice uppercut there from Sinclair.
Yamashita misses with a double jab.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Yamashita misses with the combination.
Yamashita walks into a stiff left hand from Sinclair.
Sinclair connects with a nice looking jab.
Sinclair cracks Yamashita with an open hand slap.
Sinclair scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Sinclair staying out of range there.
Sinclair takes the fight into the clinch.
Sinclair lands a left hand.
Sinclair lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the ropes.
Yamashita lands a nice uppercut.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Sinclair has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Yamashita struggles to land a body shot inside as Sinclair controls his hands.
Yamashita can't find room to land a body shot as Sinclair controls the action.
Yamashita escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Sinclair might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Yamashita scores a flash knockdown with a right hook that drops Sinclair to his hands and knees! The ref pushes Yamashita away as he looks to land an illegal blow. Sinclair got an extra few seconds to recover there, which could have made all the differences as he stumbles back to his feet. The referee looks into his eyes and decides to allow the bout to continue. Can he survive?!
It looks like Floyd Sinclair has been cut.
Good exchange - Sinclair coming out on top.
Sinclair lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Yamashita will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Yamashita takes one to the side of the head.
Sinclair lands a really nice looking cross but Yamashita seems unphased.
Sinclair feints a jab promting Yamashita to slip. Sinclair then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Yamashita slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Sinclair listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Sinclair bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Yamashita fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Sinclair manages to avoid it.
Yamashita looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Sinclair lands with an overhand left.
Yamashita misses with a hook
letting Sinclair counter with a right hand.
Yamashita with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Sinclair to score with a decent uppercut.
Sinclair looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
A telegraphed right hand from Yamashita misses the target.
Sinclair wants to clinch up but Yamashita keeps it at a distance.
Sinclair clinches.
Yamashita manages to break the clinch.
Yamashita misses with a few strikes there.
Sinclair connects with a right hand. Yamashita shakes it off.
Sinclair listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Yamashita fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Yamashita swings for the body but Sinclair moves out of range.
Yamashita misses with a body shot
and Sinclair counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Sinclair defending well as Yamashita loads up on a big left hand.
Yamashita misses with a jab to the body
and Sinclair connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Yamashita throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Yamashita takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Yamashita rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Sinclair moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Yamashita moves forwards but Sinclair connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Yamashita fails to land with a series of punches.
Yamashita closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Sinclair scores with the left hand. Yamashita knows he should have avoided that one.
Sinclair scores with a jab to the jaw.
A looping hook to the body misses from Yamashita. Sinclair does a little dance to reset his feet.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
The fight stays on the outside here - Sinclair looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Sinclair staying out of range there.
A lazy left from Sinclair finds it's target.
Sinclair moves away from the strike by Yamashita.
Yamashita closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Sinclair slips a jab and a cross from Yamashita.
Sinclair looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Yamashita misses the shot to the body.
Yamashita walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Yamashita shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Yamashita misses with a wild combination.
Sinclair connects with a looping right hand.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Yuta Yamashita should take that round, based on the knockdown.
The cut man is working on Floyd Sinclair's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Yamashita lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Sinclair at a distance.
Yamashita lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Sinclair circles away quickly and effectively.
Sinclair listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Yamashita misses with a hook.
Sinclair unleashes a big counter combination but Yamashita bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Yuta Yamashita is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
A shot to the body from Yamashita misses
and Sinclair counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Sinclair lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Yamashita at a distance.
Sinclair moves into the clinch successfully.
Sinclair misses with a hook to the ribs.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Sinclair.
Sinclair breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Yamashita swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Sinclair cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Sinclair uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Yamashita has time to react.
Yamashita looks to land a combination but Sinclair avoids it well.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A big right from Yamashita misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Yamashita misses with a hook to the body
and Sinclair counters with a three punch combo that has Yamashita backing up. Yamashita nods at Sinclair to acknowledge the strikes.
A cross from Sinclair lands.
Floyd Sinclair seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Yamashita throws a hook but Sinclair avoids it easily.
Yamashita misses with an uppercut
and Sinclair counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Sinclair lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Yamashita circles away quickly and effectively.
As Sinclair looks to move away, Yamashita throws a big counter combo bu Sinclair just gets out of the way.
Sinclair keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Sinclair tries to clinch up but Yamashita circles away and keeps his distance.
Yamashita swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Sinclair cracks Yamashita with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the ropes.
Yamashita throws a looping overhand right but Sinclair ducks down to avoid it.
Sinclair smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Sinclair scores with a three punch combo!
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!
Sinclair closes the distance and clinches.
Yamashita swings away with an uppercut that misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sinclair tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Yamashita avoids it.
Sinclair can't break the clinch.
Sinclair slowing the pace effectively.
Sinclair throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Sinclair looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Sinclair is trying to break the clinch but Yamashita is controlling him.
Yamashita is trying to break the clinch but Sinclair has him pressed against the ropes.
Yamashita has Sinclair pressed against the ropes, preventing Sinclair from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Sinclair lands a hook that snaps the head of Yamashita backwards.
Yamashita struggles to land a body shot inside as Sinclair controls his hands.
Sinclair tries to break the clinch but Yamashita is controlling the position.
Sinclair blocks a body shot from Yamashita.
Sinclair has Yamashita pushed against the ropes.
Sinclair wants to get back to striking at distance but Yamashita won't allow it.
Floyd Sinclair seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Sinclair tries to circle away but Yamashita has him pinned against the ropes.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A bit of stalling here from Sinclair.
Yamashita keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Sinclair's efforts to push away.
Sinclair lands with a right to the head.
Yamashita has Sinclair pressed against the ropes, preventing Sinclair from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Sinclair misses with a hook from the clinch.
Sinclair misses with a hook from the clinch.
Yamashita has Sinclair pressed against the ropes, preventing Sinclair from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Sinclair is trying to push Yamashita away but Yamashita has him pressed against the ropes, so he's going nowhere.
Sinclair breaks from the clinch.
Yamashita throws a right and a left that both miss.
Yamashita misses with a body shot.
Yamashita on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Yamashita throws a series of punches but Sinclair moves out of range.
Yamashita throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
It seemed like Sinclair was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Yamashita misses with a body shot
and Sinclair counters with a left and a right that stings Yamashita.
Sinclair lands a head shot.
Yamashita misses with a straight left.
As Yamashita backs off Sinclair throws a huge counter combo but Yamashita manages to avoid it all.
Yamashita swinging wildly here.
Sinclair looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Sinclair avoids the body shot from Yamashita.
A looping hook to the body misses from Yamashita. Sinclair does a little dance to reset his feet.
Sinclair looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Sinclair tries to clinch up.
Yamashita swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Sinclair throws a good cross that connects.
Sinclair works over Yamashita's head and body with a nice combination.
Yamashita ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Sinclair moves away.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Sinclair misses with a two punch combination.
Yamashita ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Yamashita scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Yamashita tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Sinclair was well out of range. Poor timing from Yamashita.
Sinclair gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Sinclair lands a right hand.
Yamashita can't find room to land a body shot as Sinclair controls the action.
Yamashita lands a shoulder strike.
Yamashita tries to throw a body punch but Sinclair avoids it by throwing Yamashita back against the ropes.
Sinclair is trying to break the clinch but Yamashita is controlling him.
Yamashita lands with a light punch inside.
Sinclair has a couple of punches blocked by Yamashita.
Yamashita lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Sinclair scores with a shot to the side of Yamashita's head.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Sinclair tries to circle away but Yamashita has him pinned against the ropes.
Sinclair is looking to control Yamashita's arms but Yamashita gets an underhook and turns him. Now Sinclair has his back to the ropes.
Sinclair stalling in the clinch but Yamashita improves position.
Sinclair is trying to force a seperation but Yamashita has the dominant position.
Sinclair lands a left hand.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Sinclair wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Yamashita has him pressed against the ropes.
Yamashita misses with a hook from the clinch.
Yamashita working aggressively here.
Sinclair wants to break the clinch but can't.
Sinclair tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Sinclair looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Sinclair lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Yamashita backwards.
Sinclair lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the ropes.
Yamashita avoiding damage as Sinclair throws knees to the body.
Sinclair is trying to break the clinch but Yamashita has him pressed against the ropes.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Yamashita's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Sinclair trying to stall but Yamashita improves his position.
Yamashita's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Yamashita misses with a double jab
and Sinclair cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Yamashita takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Sinclair.
Yamashita ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Sinclair moves away.
Sinclair closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Sinclair jabs at Yamashita's body.
Yamashita lunges at Sinclair with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Sinclair's hand.
Sinclair steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Yamashita.
Sinclair unleashes a big counter combination but Yamashita bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Yamashita swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Yamashita throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Yamashita needs to keep his hands up - Sinclair had a free shot at his head there.
Yamashita swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Yamashita looks to score with a jab to the body but Sinclair is just out of range.
Sinclair throws a right and a left that both miss.
Sinclair misses with a few strikes there.
Yamashita misses with a hook to the body
and Sinclair counters with a straight right hand.
Yamashita throws a right and a left that Sinclair avoids nicely.
Sinclair scores with a jab. Yamashita acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Yamashita throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Sinclair.
Sinclair avoids the body shot from Yamashita.
Sinclair looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Yamashita connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Nice uppercut there from Sinclair.
Yamashita jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Yamashita swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Yamashita lands a slapping body shot.
Yamashita throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Sinclair keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Sinclair avoids the body shot from Yamashita.
Yamashita ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Sinclair displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Yamashita walks into a stiff left hand from Sinclair.
Yamashita lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Sinclair forces Yamashita back against the ropes and clinches.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Floyd Sinclair showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Floyd Sinclair's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!
Sinclair throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Sloppy strikes from Yamashita. Those never looked like landing.
Sinclair misses with a few strikes there.
Yamashita is looking for a counter combo.
Yamashita swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Sinclair counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Yamashita throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Sinclair.
Yamashita misses with an uppercut.
Sinclair connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Yamashita's hands.
Yamashita swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Sinclair has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
A looping hook to the body misses from Yamashita. Sinclair does a little dance to reset his feet.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Yamashita throws a left and a right that both miss
and Sinclair counters with a straight right hand.
Sinclair lands with a nice combination. Yamashita backs away looking to recover.
Yamashita throws a body punch but Sinclair moves out of range.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
A jab lands there for Sinclair.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sinclair connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Sinclair lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Sinclair throws a series of punches but Yamashita avoids them all with ease.
Sinclair stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Yamashita throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Sinclair counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Yamashita throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Sinclair stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
A combination from Yamashita does no damage.
As Yamashita backs off Sinclair throws a huge counter combo but Yamashita manages to avoid it all.
A punch combination from Yamashita misses.
Yamashita takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Sinclair throws a series of punches but Yamashita moves out of range.
Sinclair swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Yamashita.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Sinclair scores with a sloppy right hand. Yamashita should have avoided that one.
Sinclair scores with a sloppy right hand. Yamashita should have avoided that one.
Yamashita clips Sinclair with a right and a left that makes him do the chicken dance for a couple of seconds. He touched his left hand down on the canvas so the referee steps between the fighters to give Sinclair a standing 8 count before we can continue the bout.
Sinclair is rocked!
Yamashita scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Sinclair doesn't seem bothered though.
Sinclair is still on wobbly legs! Can Yamashita finish him?
Yamashita lands a right hook to the body.
Yamashita closes the distance and lands a lead uppercut that stumbles Sinclair back against the ropes! Yamashita follows up with a jab and a huge straight right that knocks Sinclair out cold! What a finish! Yamashita looks absolutely delighted, as he should do! Congratulations that man!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:27 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Yuta Yamashita!
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