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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ernst Young (ranked 2951 p4p, 398 weight class) and Yuuto Yoshida (ranked 2525 p4p, 347 weight class). Young comes to the cage accompanied by Eye Of The Tiger. Yoshida has chosen Blue Oyster Cult Godzilla as his entrance music. Ernst Young has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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Good wrestling
World class boxer
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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
37 - 13 - 3, fighting out of London, Ernst Young!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
23 - 15 - 0, fighting out of London, Yuuto Yoshida!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Shimada, Tatsuya Matsuyama and Yasuomi Hirokawa.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Young throws a jab but it's blocked by Yoshida.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Young, as that shot connected.
Young throws the left hand but Yoshida avoids the punch easily.
Yoshida connects with a leg kick. Young looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Yoshida stuns Young with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Yoshida takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Yoshida jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Young tries to keep at a distance but Yoshida has taken the fight into the clinch.
Yoshida lands a body punch.
Young takes a shot to the head.
Young's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Yoshida manages to break the clinch.
Young looks to throw the jab but Yoshida is out of range.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Young throws out a loose jab but Yoshida uses good head movement to avoid it.
Good leg kick by Yoshida there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Young throws a hook to the side of Yoshida's head but Yoshida sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Yoshida.
Yoshida throws a shot to the body.
Yoshida comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Yoshida rushes Young and presses him up against the cage.
Yoshida throws a head punch that misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Yoshida.
Yoshida lands with a left to the head.
Yoshida lands a hook that snaps the head of Young backwards.
Good body shot from Yoshida.
Yoshida tries to throw a body punch but Young avoids it by throwing Yoshida back against the cage.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Yoshida creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Yoshida makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Yoshida lands a body punch in the clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Yoshida.
Yoshida's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Young misses with a looping right.
Yoshida wants to counter the offense by Young and move into the clinch position.
Young on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Yoshida throws a right hand that Young ducks under and follows up with a left that Young also avoids with ease.
Young is looking for a counter combo.
Young throws a right and a left that both miss.
Yoshida tries to clinch up.
Yuuto Yoshida seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Yoshida scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Yoshida closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Yoshida thuds his right hand into Young's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Young throws a leg kick but Yoshida sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Young misses with a head kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Yoshida throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Yoshida misses with a looping left.
Young has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Yoshida.
Yoshida throws the left hand but Young avoids the punch easily.
Young blocks a jab.
Yoshida misses with a straight right.
A little feinted left hand from Young on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Nice body punch from Yoshida.
Yoshida tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Young paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Young appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Young misses with a few strikes there.
Young throws the left hand but Yoshida avoids the punch easily.
Yoshida jabs Young to the body, keeping him at a distance.
The fighters circling - Young throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Young ducks under a wild hook from Yoshida.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Yoshida - that will leave a mark!
Yoshida uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Young.
Yoshida looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Yoshida wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Yoshida dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Nice straight punches there by Yoshida. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Yoshida.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Young misses the shot to the body.
Yoshida lands a leg kick that knocks Young off balance momentarily.
Yoshida tries to close the distance and clinch up but Young swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Yoshida fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Yoshida moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Yoshida moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Yoshida steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Young.
Young throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Yoshida sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Young is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Yoshida misses with a jab, cross combination.
Yoshida uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Young.
Young scores with a punch to the head.
Yoshida throws a leg kick which misses Young's front leg but catches the back leg as Young tries to avoid it.
Young throws the left hand but Yoshida avoids the punch easily.
Young blocks a jab.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Young looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Young ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Yoshida takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Yoshida throws a looping overhand right but Young ducks down to avoid it.
Yoshida throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Yoshida.
Young keeps the fight on the outside.
Young throws a shot from downtown. Yoshida moves away and avoids it.
Yoshida connects with a leg kick. Young looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Young avoids a kick to the body.
Yoshida thumps Young with a low kick.
Young stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Yoshida.
Yoshida throws a body shot but no joy.
Yoshida throws a body shot but no joy.
As Yoshida looks to move away, Young throws a big counter combo but Yoshida just gets out of the way.
A swing and a miss from Young.
Yoshida smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Yoshida moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Young swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Yoshida feints and then cracks Young's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Young down.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Young throws a body shot but no joy.
Young throws a lazy right hand but Yoshida sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Yoshida fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Young misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Yuuto Yoshida dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!
Young stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Yoshida.
Yuuto Yoshida seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Young keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Yoshida ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Young throws out a loose jab but Yoshida uses good head movement to avoid it.
Young takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Young has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Yoshida.
A nice inside leg kick there by Young. That's going to slow Yoshida down.
Yoshida feints and then cracks Young's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Young down.
Young ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Young is looking to counter punch.
Young throws a jab but it's blocked by Yoshida.
Yoshida slips a straight right by Young.
Young misses the jab.
Yoshida with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Young throws out a loose jab but Yoshida uses good head movement to avoid it.
A swing and a miss from Young.
The fighters circling - Yoshida throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
A big right from Young misses.
Yoshida chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Yoshida pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Young back to the cage. Yoshida follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Yoshida slips under a jab.
Yoshida ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Yoshida has Young up against the cage in a clinch.
Yoshida lands a body shot in the clinch.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
A head punch on the inside from Young fails to land.
Young swings wildly with an uppercut but Yoshida uses good head movement to avoid it.
Yoshida blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A short right from Yoshida on the inside.
Yoshida scores with a shoulder strike.
Yoshida lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Young swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Young scores with a nice hook to the head.
Yoshida's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Good exchange - Yoshida coming out on top.
Yoshida jabs Young to the body, keeping him at a distance.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Young slips a jab and a cross from Yoshida.
Yoshida looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Yoshida's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Yoshida duly obliges.
Young blocks the body kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Young misses with a hook. Yoshida ducked under it nicely.
A little jabbing left from Yoshida on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Yoshida moves out of range of the strikes.
Young moves away from the strike by Yoshida.
A chopping leg kick lands by Yoshida.
Good leg kick by Yoshida there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Young takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Young steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Yoshida.
Yoshida connects with an inside leg kick.
Yoshida tries to clinch but Young moves out of range.
Yoshida ducks under a wild hook from Young.
Yoshida thows a left - swing and a miss!
Good leg kick by Yoshida there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Young uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Yoshida.
Young uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Yoshida.
Yoshida thumps Young with a low kick.
Young is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Young throws the left hand but Yoshida avoids the punch easily.
Yoshida lands a nice looking body shot.
Young sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Young looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Yoshida steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Young.
Yoshida throws a body punch but Young moves out of range.
Yoshida feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Young's calf.
Young works the jab nicely.
Young walks into a straight right hand from Yoshida.
Yoshida loads up on a big right hand but Young slips the punch.
Yoshida fakes the leg kick and cracks Young in the body.
Yoshida throws an overhand right that lands on Young's shoulder, as Young tries to avoid the shot.
Yoshida scores with the left hand. Young knows he should have avoided that one.
Yoshida lands a nice leg kick that just misses Young's sensitive parts.
The fighters circling - Young throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Yoshida throws an overhand right that lands on Young's shoulder, as Young tries to avoid the shot.
Yoshida lands a nice leg kick that just misses Young's sensitive parts.
Young throws a hook to the side of Yoshida's head but Yoshida sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Young with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Yoshida misses the jab.
Young avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Yoshida scores with a leg kick.
An inside leg kick lands from Yoshida.
Yoshida connects with a body shot.
Young throws a hook to the side of Yoshida's head but Yoshida sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Yoshida ducks under a wild hook from Young.
Yoshida connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Yoshida has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Young lands a nice shot that snaps Yoshida's head back.
A slow jab from Young misses its intended target.
Yoshida moves out of range as Young strikes.
Young misses with a hook. Yoshida ducked under it nicely.
Young misses with a body shot.
Yoshida steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Young.
The fighters circling - Young throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
A nice inside leg kick there by Yoshida. That's going to slow Young down.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Yoshida throws a body shot but no joy.
Yoshida changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Yoshida fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
A telegraphed right hand from Yoshida misses the target.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Yuuto Yoshida showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!
Yoshida throws a shot from downtown. Young moves away and avoids it.
Young throws the left hand but Yoshida avoids the punch easily.
Young throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Young looks to land a right hand but Yoshida moved out of range.
Young on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Young scores with a hook to the body. Yoshida takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Yoshida clinches up with Young and pushes him back against the cage.
Young gets through Yoshida's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Young misses with some punches.
Yoshida is working Young over against the cage.
Young tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Yoshida breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Yoshida uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Young.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Yoshida tries to clinch up.
Yoshida ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
The fighters circling - Young throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Young is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Yoshida.
Young throws out a loose jab but Yoshida uses good head movement to avoid it.
Yoshida instigates a clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Yoshida blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Young tries to throw a body punch but Yoshida avoids it by throwing Young back against the cage.
Good body shot from Yoshida.
Yoshida makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Yoshida lands a hook that snaps the head of Young backwards.
Yuuto Yoshida seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Yoshida breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Young on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Yoshida. Yoshida obviously looking to wear him down.
Young takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Young pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Yoshida keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Young misses with a straight left.
Young takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Young takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Yoshida scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Yoshida tries to clinch up but Young circles away and keeps his distance.
Young gets tackled into the cage by Yoshida. Yoshida maintains the clinch.
Yoshida lands a left hand.
Yoshida escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Yoshida scores with a decent looking hook.
Yoshida lands with a nice body kick.
Yuuto Yoshida is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Young is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Yoshida.
Yoshida fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Young has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Young takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Yoshida defending well as Young loads up on a big left hand.
Yoshida uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Young.
As Young backs off Yoshida throws a huge counter combo but Young manages to avoid it all.
A telegraphed right hand from Yoshida misses the target.
Young tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Yoshida manages to circle out of the way.
Yoshida fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Young looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Yoshida scores with a leg kick.
A big right from Young misses.
Yoshida scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Yoshida connects with a crisp jab.
Yoshida connects with a leg kick. Young looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Yoshida.
Yoshida throws a shot to the body.
Yoshida scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Yoshida uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Young.
Young waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Yoshida.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Young throws a series of punches but Yoshida moves out of range.
Yoshida lands a nice looking body shot.
Yoshida moves into the clinch successfully.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Young.
Young throws a punch but it's blocked by Yoshida.
Yoshida lands a left hand.
Yoshida breaks the clinch.
Yoshida looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Yoshida looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Yoshida defending well as Young loads up on a big left hand.
Young stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Yoshida.
Young throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Yoshida sees it coming and avoids it easily.
A combination from Yoshida does no damage.
Young bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Young throws a jab when Yoshida was well out of range.
Young misses with a looping right.
Yoshida turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Yoshida is looking to slow Young down with leg kicks.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Yoshida goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Yoshida scores with a leg kick.
Young misses with an attempted mid kick.
Young takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Yoshida connects with a crisp jab.
Yoshida with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
A solid body kick from Yoshida.
Good work by Yoshida as he checks the leg kick.
Yoshida tries to clinch but Young is having none of it.
Young is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Yoshida.
The crowd cheers as Young lands an impressive looking overhand right. Yoshida doesn't seem phased though.
A slow jab from Young misses its intended target.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Yoshida throws a body shot but no joy.
Young was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Yoshida slips a jab from Young.
Young misses with a hook. Yoshida ducked under it nicely.
Ernst Young has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Yoshida has closed the distance and engaged Young in a clinch.
Young's legs have taken a beating and he's really slowing down as a result.
Young throws a head punch that misses.
And that's the end of the fight!
Yuuto Yoshida comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Yoshida has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Yukihiro Shimada scores the fight 27:30
Judge Tatsuya Matsuyama scores the fight 27:30
Judge Yasuomi Hirokawa scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Yuuto Yoshida!
Yuuto Yoshida gave a mention to Groove Gear in his post fight interview. That will please them (and hopefully generate some sales).
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