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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Thomas Maeda (ranked 761 p4p, 91 weight class) and Gasan Yakolev (ranked 950 p4p, 123 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Maeda might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Submission. Thomas Maeda has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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169 lbs
6 - 2 - 0 |
BJJ Brown Belt
Basic striking
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BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
13 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Thomas Maeda!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Gasan Yakolev!
The judges for this bout are Yuuki Gou, Shirou Masuda and Ren Mimura.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Maeda closes the distance and clinches up with Yakolev, looking for a takedown. Maeda pushes Yakolev against the ropes but Yakolev circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Yakolev displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Maeda.
Maeda will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Thomas Maeda. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Maeda misses with a takedown attempt - Yakolev sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Yakolev! But no joy.
Maeda will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Maeda misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Yakolev looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Yakolev moves into range and connects with a jab.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Yakolev throws a good cross that connects.
Yakolev feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Maedas jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Maeda shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Yakolev as he jumps to the side.
Maeda throws a body punch but Yakolev moves out of range.
Yakolev has been working on his striking defense in training and it's paying off as Maeda is landing a low percentage of strikes.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Maeda shoots for a double leg takedown but Yakolev sprawls well. He's pushed Maeda's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Yakolev lands with an overhand left.
Maeda misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Yakolev swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Maeda looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Maeda goes for a double leg but Yakolev avoids the attempt and the two fighters end up clinched against the ropes as Yakolev continues to drive forward.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Maeda.
Horrible takedown attempt by Maeda or perhaps it was just good defense by Yakolev, which made it look bad.
Yakolev lands a nice shot that snaps Maeda's head back.
Maeda tries to clinch up.
Yakolev swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Yakolev lands a left and a right that send Maeda crashing to the mat, dazed. Yakolev thinks about following him to the mat but decides to wave him back up to his feet!
Maeda is rocked!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Maeda clinches.
Oh Maeda is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Yakolev lands a right hand.
Yakolev breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Maeda is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Yakolev swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Maeda doesn't succeed with the takedown
enabling Yakolev to counter with a crisp jab.
Yakolev drops Maeda with a big left hand! Maeda is injured, injured bad! Yakolev jumps in and finished him with strikes! The fight is over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:24 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Gasan Yakolev!
After the fight, Gasan Yakolev was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.
Thomas Maeda spoke after the fight, saying 'Through Japanese translator to English. "My opponent was better today. I will not underestimate him next time"'.
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