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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Leo Yaj (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Yuya Shimizu (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Shimizu has chosen Alright, let's do this. as his entrance music. I can't wait for this one - let's get the fighter introductions out of the way and get this one started!
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158 lbs
12 - 4 - 0 |
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145 lbs
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Good wrestling
Great elbows
Insanely flexible |
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World class boxer
Good gas tank |
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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
12 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Leo Yaj!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
34 - 17 - 2, fighting out of Helsinki, Yuya Shimizu!
The judges for this bout are Steve Smith, Gregory Folan and Dillan Fox.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Shimizu fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Yaj on the side of the head.
Shimizu throws a front kick that sends Yaj stumbling back into the cage.
A big right from Yaj misses.
Yaj walks into a jab.
Yaj tries to close the distance and clinch but Shimizu swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Shimizu has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.
Yaj throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Nice jab there from Yaj.
Shimizu fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Yaj looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Shimizu connects with a single shot there.
Jab, jab by Shimizu - just one landing.
Nice uppercut there from Shimizu.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Nice defenses there by Shimizu.
Shimizu plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Yaj drops his hands momentarily and Shimizu takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Shimizu connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Shimizu is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Shimizu closes the distance and clinches.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Shimizu throws a head punch that misses.
Yaj throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Shimizu blocks it with crossed arms.
Shimizu blocking some punches.
Yaj lands a damaging elbow.
Shimizu misses with a body punch.
Shimizu misses with a body punch.
Shimizu can't find room to land a body shot as Yaj controls the action.
Yaj tries to throw a body punch but Shimizu avoids it by throwing Yaj back against the cage.
Shimizu lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Yaj struggles to land a body shot inside as Shimizu controls his hands.
Yaj misses with a punch on the inside.
Yaj looking to throw knees to the head but Shimizu is blocking nicely.
A nice left hand lands by Shimizu.
Shimizu tries a body shot but Yaj blocks it.
Yaj tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Shimizu working aggressively here.
Yaj tries to throw a body punch but Shimizu avoids it by throwing Yaj back against the cage.
Shimizu scores with a shoulder strike.
Shimizu swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Yaj blocking some punches.
Yaj throws a knee to the head but misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Shimizu goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Yaj using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Shimizu has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
With the fighters up against the cage, Yaj throws an elbow but misses.
A short uppercut from Shimizu.
Yaj is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Shimizu is defending well for now.
Shimizu scores with a hook to the body.
Yaj lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Shimizu backwards.
A nice right hand lands inside from Yaj.
Shimizu doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Shimizu blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Shimizu.
Yaj throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Shimizu misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Yaj tries to land knees in the clinch but Shimizu avoids the damage to the body.
Yaj blocking some punches.
A nice left hand lands by Shimizu.
Shimizu managing to block the knees to the body from Yaj.
Yaj tries to land knees in the clinch but Shimizu avoids the damage to the body.
Yaj misses with a body punch.
Yaj tries to throw a body punch but Shimizu avoids it by throwing Yaj back against the cage.
A right hook to the body lands for Yaj.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Yaj goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Shimizu misses with some punches.
Shimizu is leaning against Yaj and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Yaj landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Shimizu swings wildly with an uppercut but Yaj uses good head movement to avoid it.
Shimizu dodges an elbow strike from Yaj.
Shimizu blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A hook to the body from Shimizu.
Yaj lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Shimizu backwards.
Shimizu misses with a hook from the clinch.
Shimizu scores with a hook to the body.
Yaj blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Shimizu misses with a punch on the inside.
Yaj is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Shimizu is defending well for now.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Yaj.
It looks like Yuya Shimizu has been cut.
Shimizu working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Shimizu tries to throw a body punch but Yaj avoids it by throwing Shimizu back against the cage.
Shimizu blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Yaj pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Shimizu throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Yajs head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Yaj misses with some punches.
Shimizu avoids a wild elbow strike from Yaj.
Yaj tries to land knees in the clinch but Shimizu avoids the damage to the body.
Shimizu tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Yaj's elbow.
Yaj misses with a hook from the clinch.
Yaj throws a punch but it's blocked by Shimizu.
Shimizu throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Yaj with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Yaj tries a body shot but Shimizu blocks it.
Yaj throws a head punch that misses.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Shimizu.
Shimizu lands a shoulder strike.
Yaj tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Shimizu avoids it.
Shimizu lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Yaj throws a head punch that misses.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Yaj misses with a punch on the inside.
Shimizu lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Yaj backwards.
Yaj tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Shimizu pushes Yaj back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Shimizu tries a body shot but Yaj blocks it.
Yaj can't find room to land a body shot as Shimizu controls the action.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Yuya Shimizu dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Yuya Shimizu'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.
Yaj throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Yuya Shimizu seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Shimizu works the jab nicely.
Yaj misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Shimizu.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Shimizu.
Shimizu keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Shimizu scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Yaj doesn't seem bothered though.
Yaj fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Yaj connects with a nice looking jab.
Shimizu fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Yaj on the side of the head.
Yaj scores with a decent looking hook.
Shimizu fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Yaj manages to avoid it.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Yaj throws a series of punches but Shimizu moves out of range.
Yaj misses with a hook
and Shimizu makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Yaj really felt that one!
Shimizu's corner calls for a 1-2. Shimizu obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Yaj throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Shimizu has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Shimizu with a hook.
Yaj misses with a hook. Shimizu ducked under it nicely.
Shimizu scores with the left hand. Yaj knows he should have avoided that one.
Yaj is rocked!
Shimizu walks forward and throws a big overhand right! Yaj drops to the floor like a sack of potatoes! Shimizu swarms on him with more punches until the referee wrestles him away from Yaj's unconscious body! Wow, that was brutal!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:24 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Yuya Shimizu!
Yuya Shimizu very nearly forgot to thank KAISER amongst all the excitement of his win but just as the interview came to a close, he screamed their name. Hopefully he'll get a few nice freebies in the mail as a thank you.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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FIGHT
RATING
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