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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Seok Yi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Andri Gunawan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Yi's entrance music is Sir Sly - You Haunt Me (Soysauce Edition). A fine choice. Well, the cameraman is lingering on a pretty young lady for a bit too long there. Keep your eyes on the prize buddy or you'll miss the fighter intros!
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170 lbs
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170 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Dangerous knees
KO power |
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Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Seok Yi!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 4 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Andri Gunawan!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Franklin, Michael Johnstone and Santiago Holmes.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A jab from Gunawan misses.
Yi looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Yi tries to clinch up but Gunawan circles away and keeps his distance.
Gunawan misses the jab.
Yi looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
A jab from Gunawan misses.
Yi scoring well with a low kick there.
Yi moves out of range as Gunawan strikes.
Yi walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Gunawan throws a lazy right hand but Yi sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Yi tried to counter with a leg kick but Gunawan avoided it.
Gunawan throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Gunawan throws the left hand but Yi avoids the punch easily.
Gunawan pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Seok Yi seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Yi clinches with his opponent.
A knee to the head by Yi.
Gunawan goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Yi tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Yi landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Yi's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Gunawan is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Yi.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Yi closes the distance and pushes Gunawan back into the cage.
Yi scores with a knee to the head.
Yi pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Gunawan misses with an uppercut. Yi saw that one coming.
Yi half committed to a counter leg kick.
Gunawan keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Yi slips under a jab from Gunawan.
Yi gets a clinch.
Yi throws a knee to the head but misses.
A right handed body shot lands from Gunawan.
Gunawan lands with a left to the head.
Yi blocking some punches.
Gunawan takes a knee right on the jaw!
It looks like Andri Gunawan has been cut.
Yi tries to land knees in the clinch but Gunawan avoids the damage to the body.
Yi manages to break the clinch.
Yi definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Yi wants to clinch.
Gunawan appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gunawan looks to score with a jab to the body but Yi is just out of range.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Yi lands a nice leg kick that just misses Gunawan's sensitive parts.
A telegraphed right hand from Gunawan misses the target.
Yi slips under a jab from Gunawan.
Gunawan misses with a low kick as Yi jumps back.
That kick from Yi tenderised Gunawan's leg. Gunawan is trying to keep his angry face on.
Yi darts in trying to clinch
and Gunawan counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Gunawan misses with a body kick.
A solid leg kick lands there for Yi.
Yi drives through and clinches with Gunawan against the cage.
Yi is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Gunawan misses with some punches.
Yi connects with a knee to the head.
Yi manages to break the clinch.
Gunawan checks the leg kick nicely there.
Gunawan throws out a counter right but Yi avoids it with no problem.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gunawan throws a right hand that Yi ducks under and follows up with a left that Yi also avoids with ease.
Yi attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Yi throws a solid leg kick but Gunawan takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Yi.
Yi fails with an attempt to clinch.
A combination from Gunawan does no damage.
Yi throws a chopping leg kick but Gunawan manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Yi tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Gunawan manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Yi avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Yi tries to clinch up.
Gunawan misses with a looping right.
Yi misses with a low kick as Gunawan jumps back.
Yi wants to land a leg kick but Gunawan is out of range.
Gunawan checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
A slow jab from Gunawan misses its intended target.
Yi clinches.
Gunawan has a couple of punches blocked by Yi.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Yi is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Gunawan is defending well for now.
Gunawan tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Yi avoids it.
Gunawan tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Yi's elbow.
Yi using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Gunawan tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Yi's elbow.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Gunawan just misses with a elbow thrown towards Yi's brow.
Yi blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Yi unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Yi landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Knees to the body from Yi.
Yi unloads a knee to the mid-section. Gunawan lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Gunawan looks winded!
Yi misses with a knee to the head.
Yi escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Gunawan checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
A clash of legs there as Gunawan blocks the low kick.
Yi moves into the clinch successfully.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Seok Yi dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Andri Gunawan's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
A swing and a miss from Gunawan.
Yi moves in looking to clinch but Gunawan pushes him off.
Yi attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
A chopping leg kick lands by Yi.
Yi connects with an inside leg kick.
Yi drops his hands momentarily and Gunawan takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Gunawan looks for the body kick but Yi saw that one coming.
Yi connects with an inside leg kick.
Gunawan throws a body punch but Yi moves out of range.
Yi closes the distance and clinches.
Yi lands a nice knee to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Yi connects with a nasty looking knee right to Gunawan's face.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Yi.
Yi using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Gunawan has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Yi with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Yi landing knees to the body.
Gunawan is breathing heavily.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Gunawan takes a knee to the side of the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Yi connects with a knee to the head.
Yi lands a good knee to the midsection. Gunawan won't want to take too many of those.
Yi landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Gunawan struggles to land a body shot inside as Yi controls his hands.
Yi manages to break the clinch.
Gunawan looks to land a left hand but Yi moved out of range nicely.
Yi moves out of range as Gunawan strikes.
Yi lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Yi throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
A good leg kick by Yi.
Yi tries to close the distance and clinch but Gunawan swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
A telegraphed right hand from Gunawan misses the target.
Yi tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Gunawan manages to circle out of the way.
Yi tries to score with a low kick but Gunawan moves his leg out of the way.
It seemed like Gunawan was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Yi throws out a leg kick but Gunawan moves out of range and Yi only half commits.
Gunawan's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Yi gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gunawan misses with a short punch on the inside.
Gunawan misses with a short punch on the inside.
Knees in the clinch landing for Yi.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Gunawan misses with a hook to the ribs.
Yi lands a knee to the body.
Yi using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Yi connects with a nasty looking knee right to Gunawan's face.
Yi lands a good knee to the midsection. Gunawan won't want to take too many of those.
Yi breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Gunawan swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Yi is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Gunawan can do to turn this around?
Some bone on bone action there as Gunawan checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Yi throws a front kick aimed at Gunawan's knee but Gunawan avoids it well.
Yi throws a leg kick which misses Gunawan's front leg but catches the back leg as Gunawan tries to avoid it.
Yi shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Yi moves into range and clinches up with Gunawan.
Yi manages to break the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Yi closes the distance and pushes Gunawan back into the cage.
Yi working Gunawan over with knees to the body.
Gunawan swings wildly with an uppercut but Yi uses good head movement to avoid it.
Yi scores with a knee to the head.
Yi working Gunawan over with knees to the body.
Yi connects with a nasty looking knee right to Gunawan's face.
Yi landing knees to the head.
Yi is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Yi breaks the clinch.
Gunawan looks to land a left hand but Yi moved out of range nicely.
Yi lands with a thumping leg kick.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Yi scoring well with a low kick there.
Yi has closed the distance and engaged Gunawan in a clinch.
Yi's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Yi misses with a low kick.
Nice jab there from Gunawan.
Gunawan checks a low kick from Yi.
Yi is looking to clinch but Gunawan is avoiding it.
Yi moves out of range as Gunawan strikes.
Yi lands a nice leg kick that just misses Gunawan's sensitive parts.
Yi defending well as Gunawan loads up on a big left hand.
Yi fails in his attempt to clinch.
Gunawan misses with a looping left.
Gunawan checks a leg kick.
Gunawan tried to score with a low kick but Yi checks it.
Yi moves into range and clinches up with Gunawan.
Gunawan tries to land a knee to the head but Yi blocks with his arms.
Seok Yi has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Yi is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Gunawan with an attempt at a knee that misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Seok Yi dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Andri Gunawan's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.
Yi has taken the fight to the clinch.
Yi is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Yi landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Yi breaks from the clinch.
Yi clinches up with Gunawan and pushes him back against the cage.
Yi putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Gunawan in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for Yi.
Yi putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Gunawan in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
A head punch on the inside from Gunawan fails to land.
Yi landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Knees to the body from Yi.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Gunawan takes a knee to the side of the body.
Yi landing knees to the head.
Gunawan takes a knee right on the jaw!
Yi putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Gunawan in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Gunawan takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Yi landing knees to the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Yi using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Yi obliges.
Yi manages to break the clinch.
Yi is looking to chop away at Gunawan's legs.
A little jabbing left from Gunawan on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Seok Yi is winning the standup battle so far.
Yi doesn't manage to clinch there - Gunawan circles away.
Yi turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Yi tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Gunawan manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Yi forces Gunawan back against the cage and clinches.
Gunawan goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Yi has the Thai clinch. He lands a big knee to the head that stumbles Gunawan - he's in trouble! Another big knee to the head from Yi, and another! Gunawan is out on his feet - the ref jumps in to save him and ends the fight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:48 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Knees). Seok Yi!
A relieved looking Seok Yi 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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