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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Sambulo Yeboah (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Darth Vader (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Yeboah comes to the cage accompanied by Lionel Richie - All Night Long. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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149 lbs
13 - 12 - 0 |
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37
134 lbs
33 - 6 - 0 |
Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Olympic wrestler
Excellent MT
Good gas tank |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the bantamweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
13 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Sambulo Yeboah!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
33 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Darth Vader !
The judges for this bout are Yasuomi Hirokawa, Kenichi Hosakawa and Shirou Masuda.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Vader shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Yeboah but Yeboah pushes him off and we're back to square one.
We've been hearing reports that Yeboah has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.
Vader darts in looking for a takedown but Yeboah gets double underhooks and turns Vader into the cage.
Yeboah fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Vader on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Yeboah dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Vader fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Sambulo Yeboah has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Darth Vader .
Vader takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Yeboah.
Yeboah lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Vader circles away quickly and effectively.
Yeboah fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A cross from Yeboah lands.
A lazy left from Yeboah finds it's target.
Vader is rocked!
Vader has his takedown stuffed
and Yeboah counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Vader thinking.
Vader closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Yeboah looking for submissions off his back.
Yeboah trying to control here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Vader thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Yeboah's head.
Yeboah slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Vader stands over his opponent and dives in with a flying punch! Yeboah throws up his legs and catches Vader in a triangle! Oh this looks tight! Vader tries to escape but he's forced to tap! Wow, fantastic work there by Yeboah! That came out of nowhere!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:37 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle Choke). Sambulo Yeboah!
Sambulo Yeboah is the new bantamweight champion!
During a confident post fight interview, Sambulo Yeboah thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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