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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Kotetsu Yamamoto (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sambulo Yeboah (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Yeboah's choice of entrance music: Lionel Richie - All Night Long. Rumors backstage are that the fighters have been paid to keep it standing but we know that would never happen in MMA!
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149 lbs
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154 lbs
10 - 8 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the featherweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
12 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Kotetsu Yamamoto!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
10 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Sambulo Yeboah!
The judges for this bout are William Gold, Donald Grub and Steven Brown.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Yamamoto moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Yamamoto tries to clinch up.
Yeboah takes a swing at Yamamoto's ribcage but misses.
Yeboah works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Yeboah with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Yamamoto ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Yeboah tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Yamamoto was well out of range. Poor timing from Yeboah.
Yamamoto avoids the body shot from Yeboah.
Yamamoto takes one on the button.
Yeboah tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Yamamoto was well out of range. Poor timing from Yeboah.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Yamamoto closes the distance and pushes Yeboah back into the cage.
Yamamoto working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Yeboah gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Yamamoto.
Yamamoto blocks a body shot from Yeboah.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Yeboah wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Yeboah manages to break the clinch.
Yeboah rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Yamamoto moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Nice defenses there by Yamamoto.
Yamamoto drops down looking for a counter takedown but Yeboah sprawls and moves away.
Yamamoto looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Yeboah stuffs the takedown.
Yeboah looks to score with a jab to the body but Yamamoto is just out of range.
Yeboah missing with a left hand there. Yamamoto was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Yamamoto tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Yeboah manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Yamamoto closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Yamamoto struggles to land a body shot inside as Yeboah controls his hands.
Yamamoto slows down the pace here.
Yamamoto lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Yeboah blocking some punches.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Yeboah prevents the takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Kotetsu Yamamoto. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Yeboah takes a shot to the head.
Yamamoto drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Yeboah gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Yamamoto is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Yeboah gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Yamamoto has Yeboah pressed against the cage, preventing Yeboah from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
A short left from Yamamoto.
Yeboah blocks an uppercut.
Yeboah lands an uppercut.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Yeboah's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Yamamoto slips a straight right by Yeboah.
Yamamoto changes levels looking for a counter takedown but doesn't commit.
Yamamoto takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Sambulo Yeboah is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Yeboah lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Yeboah connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Yamamoto keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Yeboah.
Yeboah misses with a lunging right hand
and Yamamoto counters with a nice double leg into guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Yeboah looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Yeboah looking for a guillotine here but Yamamoto defends easily.
Yeboah has momentary wrist control but Yamamoto slips an elbow through the middle.
Yeboah looking to control.
Yamamoto content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Yamamoto wants to control from the top but Yeboah keeps moving.
Yeboah controlling the position.
Yeboah looking for a sweep. Not yet Yeboah, not yet.
Yamamoto with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Yamamoto landing some decent shots from guard.
Yamamoto chips away with some ground and pound.
Yamamoto scoring with punches to the head and body.
Yeboah is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Yamamoto defends well.
Yeboah working a defensive guard here.
Yamamoto is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Yeboah looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Yeboah is looking for a triangle but Yamamoto pushes his legs off easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Sambulo Yeboah dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Yamamoto fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Yeboah sprawls well initially but Yamamoto persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Yeboah is looking for a sweep. Yamamoto is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Yeboah trying to control from the bottom.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Yamamoto looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Yeboah is trying to control but can't.
Yamamoto winds up and cracks Yeboah with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Yeboah wants to control but Yamamoto is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Yeboah is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Yamamoto scores with a couple of nice shots.
Yeboah is looking to improve his position.
Yeboah looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Yamamoto scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Yeboah is staying active underneath Yamamoto, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Yamamoto is looking to advance position but Yeboah won't allow it.
Yamamoto working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Yamamoto landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Yeboah manages to get to full guard.
Yamamoto lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Yamamoto works over Yeboah with some ground and pound from guard.
Yamamoto won't allow Yeboah to sweep him here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Yamamoto connects with a couple of short punches.
Yeboah had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Yamamoto defends it easily.
Yamamoto distracts Yeboah with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Yeboah is rocked!
Yamamoto working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Yeboah's head.
Yeboah is still in real trouble! Can Yamamoto finish him?
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Yamamoto's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Yamamoto gets to his feet and stands over Yeboah, holding his ankles. He dives in with a big left hand that connects! Yeboah felt that one! Yamamoto unloads more punches and elbows and this one is over! The ref has dived in to save Yeboah from any more punishment!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:47 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Kotetsu Yamamoto!
Kotetsu Yamamoto retains his featherweight title!
Kotetsu Yamamoto took to the mic in his post fight interview and said 'We are NJPW!!!'.
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