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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Keiichi Yamada (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Don T. Bill (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Bill. Don T. Bill struggled to make weight for this fight. He only made it down to 206.1lbs at the first attempt and had to take the additional two hours to make the official bout weight. Let's see how much it's taken out of him. Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?
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205 lbs
22 - 16 - 0 |
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179 cm
38
225 lbs
21 - 20 - 0 |
Abu Dhabi Champ
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Excellent grappler
Excellent boxer
Granite 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
22 - 16 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Keiichi Yamada!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
21 - 20 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Don T. Bill!
The judges for this bout are Gregory Folan, Ian Loll and Trevor Gratis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Yamada fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Bill, pushing him back against the cage.
Yamada blocking some punches.
Yamada working aggressively here.
Bill tries a body shot but Yamada blocks it.
Bill wants a takedown but no success here.
Bill misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Bill lands a nice shot to the body.
Bill misses with a hook from the clinch.
Yamada has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Bill tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Yamada's elbow.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Bill.
Yamada swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Yamada is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Bill is defending well.
Bill working aggressively here.
Yamada goes for a takedown in the clinch but Bill prevents it.
Yamada controlling the action here for a moment.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bill tries to work over Yamada's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Yamada struggles to land a body shot inside as Bill controls his hands.
Bill gets underhooks to prevent Yamada's takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Keiichi Yamada. That's going to take a lot out of him.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Yamada looking for a takedown.
Yamada blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Yamada has Bill pressed up against the cage. He's trying to work for a single leg takedown. Yamada pulls back from the cage and twists to the side, sending Bill tumbling to the mat - Yamada dives into Bill's guard.
Yamada throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Bill works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Yamada wants to control from the top but Bill keeps moving.
Bill looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Bill is still trying to improve position.
Yamada avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Yamada stopping the sweep attempt from Bill.
Yamada wants to control from the top but Bill keeps moving.
Yamada preventing the sweep.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Yamada distracts Bill with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Yamada preventing the sweep.
Yamada trying to control but Bill is working from the bottom.
Bill is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Yamada working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Bill's head.
Yamada keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Bill's head.
Yamada avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Bill looking for a sweep. Not yet Bill, not yet.
Yamada has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Yamada content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Yamada is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Yamada content to stall in guard here.
Bill working a defensive guard but Yamada passes into half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Yamada looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Bill with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Bill tries to roll over but Yamada keeps him under control.
Yamada scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Yamada lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Yamada looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Bill with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Yamada is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Yamada is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Bill is not content to let Yamada control the position.
Bill trying to control from the bottom.
Bill slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Yamada missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Yamada looking to pass the guard.
Yamada postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Bill tries to land a sweep but no joy.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Keiichi Yamada 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.
Yamada smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
A decent looking cross lands there for Bill.
Bill smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Bill looks for a takedown but Yamada sprawls well.
Yamada throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Bill swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Bill on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Yamada. Yamada obviously looking to wear him down.
Bill jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Bill misses with a left hand
so Yamada counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Bill controls Yamada momentarily but Yamada frees himself.
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!
Yamada chips away with some ground and pound.
Bill has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Yamada can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Yamada trying to control the position from guard on top but Bill is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Yamada preventing the sweep.
Yamada trying to control but Bill is working from the bottom.
Yamada landing with the ground and pound.
Yamada working some strikes from top position.
Yamada postures up as if he's going to throw some strikes but drops back for an ankle! Bill is in big trouble! He looks ready to tap! But no, he's escaped and dives on top of Yamada, into his guard.
Bill working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Bill scoring with some ground and pound.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Yamada is looking for a triangle but Bill pushes his legs off easily.
Yamada looking for submissions from the bottom but instead Bill passes into half guard.
Bill is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Bill working Yamada over with strikes.
Yamada looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Bill is nestled in close to Yamada, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Bill is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Yamada is just riding it out for now. Bill eventually gives up the hold.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bill slips a nice elbow through Yamada's hands, connecting with Yamada's forehead.
Yamada tries to get to full guard but Bill has control of the leg.
Nice strikes from Bill there.
Yamada is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Bill scores with a couple of nice shots.
Yamada avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Bill.
Bill scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Bill winds up and cracks Yamada with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Yamada looking for subs from the bottom but Bill mounts him!
Bill prevents Yamada from getting the reversal.
Bill working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Yamada tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Yamada is working hard here to advance position.
Yamada taking shots to the head.
Bill lands a heavy elbow.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Yamada takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Yamada wants to control but Bill is having none of it.
Yamada is in a bad position, trying to hold on for dear life but he is really struggling to maintain any sort of control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Don T. Bill showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!
Decent striking displayed by Bill there.
Bill on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Bill throws a poor cross that misses
and Yamada counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Bill throws a body punch but Yamada moves out of range.
Yamada feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Yamada cracks Bill with a solid left hand.
Yamada throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Keiichi Yamada overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Yamada postures up.
Yamada looking to sit in guard and control but Bill gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Yamada is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Yamada is looking for a triangle but Bill pushes his legs off easily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bill connects with a couple of short punches.
Yamada is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Yamada trying to control from half guard but Bill is working away.
Yamada prevents Bill from improving his position.
Bill works his way to full guard. Good work.
Yamada won't allow Bill to sweep him here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Yamada throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Yamada throwing strikes but missing.
Bill has momentary wrist control but Yamada slips an elbow through the middle.
Yamada throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Yamada working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Bill working for a triangle but Yamada defends it easily.
Bill manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Yamada manages to get himself to full guard.
Bill stopping the sweep attempt from Yamada.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bill throws a big right hand that misses.
Yamada is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Bill defends well.
Bill lands a couple of digs.
Yamada preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Bill loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Yamada preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Bill throwing strikes but missing.
Bill lands a couple of elbows.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Bill's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Yamada trying to control the position.
Yamada tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Bill slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Yamada tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Bill working the head and body with strikes.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Bill is putting a hurting on Yamada here, landing some big shots from side control.
Yamada is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Bill in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Don T. Bill.
I think Bill has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Gregory Folan scores the fight 29:28
Judge Ian Loll scores the fight 28:29
Judge Trevor Gratis scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by split decision... Don T. Bill!
A victorious Don T. Bill thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
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hype
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