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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Disco Kid (ranked 418 p4p, 51 weight class) and Hitoshi Yoshida (ranked 711 p4p, 79 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the ring.
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Solid boxing
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Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, for the featherweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
10 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Disco Kid!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 0 - 1, fighting out of London, Hitoshi Yoshida!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Fujiwara, Shirou Masuda and Ren Mimura.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kid on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Yoshida lands an overhand right.
Yoshida misses with a shot to the body
and Kid counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
A big right from Kid misses.
Yoshida moves to clinch but Kid breaks away
and Kid counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Yoshida bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Yoshida's coach down at Arcalimon Top Team was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on Yoshida's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.
A jab from Yoshida does it's job there.
Kid throws a hook but Yoshida blocks it.
Jab by Kid.
Kid swats away the attempt to clinch by Yoshida.
Kid walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A swing and a miss from Kid.
Yoshida uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Kid.
Yoshida steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Kid.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kid scores with a jab to the jaw.
Nice cross by Yoshida.
Kid fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Yoshida manages to avoid it.
Yoshida tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Kid avoids the body shot from Yoshida.
Kid throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Yoshida throws out a loose jab but Kid uses good head movement to avoid it.
Kid ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Yoshida moves away.
Yoshida moves into the clinch.
Kid throws a head punch that misses.
Kid prevents a body shot from Yoshida.
Yoshida misses with a punch to the body.
Yoshida content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Yoshida prevents a body shot from Kid.
Yoshida misses with a short punch on the inside.
Yoshida can't get the takedown.
Yoshida is working for a takedown up against the ropes. He can't get it on this occasion though.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kid swings wildly with an uppercut but Yoshida uses good head movement to avoid it.
Kid looks to be in better condition than last time we saw him fight. Obviously he's been working hard on his cardio.
Yoshida tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Yoshida blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Kid working aggressively here.
Yoshida blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Yoshida looking to slow down the pace here.
Yoshida turns his hips and lands a very nice judo throw into side control!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Kid manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!
Yoshida has hold of Kid's hands but Kid slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
The fighters are battling for position here. Yoshida manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Kid trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Yoshida keeping moving, preventing Kid from controlling successfully.
Kid is looking to work some ground and pound but Yoshida has wrist control.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kid looking to sit in guard and control but Yoshida gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Kid looking to control.
Yoshida trying to control the position from guard on top but Kid is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Yoshida trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Kid is pulling down on Yoshida's head to control his posture.
Yoshida avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Kid working for a triangle but Yoshida defends it easily.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kid can't keep his opponent in guard - Yoshida advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Kid is trying to maintain the position but Yoshida is very close to passing his half guard.
Yoshida tries to pass the half guard into mount. Kid knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Kid looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Kid is staying active underneath Yoshida, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Yoshida seems to be looking for submissions.
Kid regains full guard. Nicely done.
Yoshida slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Kid is on top in guard.
Kid is holding a leg here, probably looking for an ankle lock - he drops back and goes for it! Yoshida is in trouble! Is it all over??? No! Yoshida has escaped and now he's on top!
Yoshida looking to sit in guard and control but Kid gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Yoshida avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Yoshida looking for a guillotine here but Kid defends easily.
Yoshida has a butterfly guard looking to sweep but Kid has passed into side control.
Kid thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Yoshida sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.
Kid is keen to just control but Yoshida is a slippery customer.
Kid lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Kid looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Kid working over Yoshida with some ground and pound. Yoshida looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Yoshida is looking to improve his position.
Kid is stalling here. Yoshida is in no mood to hang around though. He's locked up a kimura from the bottom! Kid seems to be keeping calm but he's forced to roll out of the hold and Yoshida has ended up in side control on the top. Nice work.
Kid struggling a bit here.
Yoshida wants to control but Kid is keeping him busy.
Kid looking for a sweep but Yoshida has passed into full mount! Oh no!
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Yoshida is trying to take his opponent's back.
Yoshida controlling from mount.
Kid is in all sorts of trouble here.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Kid tries to lock up and control but Yoshida gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Yoshida tries to control but Kid wriggling away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Hitoshi Yoshida will probably get the nod.
That's time! Back to the action!
Kid throws a jab but it's blocked by Yoshida.
Yoshida feints the counter takedown.
Yoshida shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Kid counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Kid looks to throw the jab but Yoshida is out of range.
Kid avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Kid is looking to counter punch.
Yoshida scores with a hook to the body. Kid takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Kid avoids the body shot from Yoshida.
Yoshida connects with a good right hand that stumbles Kid. Kid circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Kid ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Yoshida moves away.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kid misses with a looping right.
Yoshida rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Yoshida takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Yoshida is looking to clinch but Kid is avoiding it.
Kid comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Yoshida tries to close the distance and clinch up but Kid swats him away and circles back towards the center.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Yoshida uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Kid.
Kid will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
A decent looking cross lands there for Kid.
Kid throws out a loose jab but Yoshida uses good head movement to avoid it.
Kid avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Kid throws a hook but Yoshida avoids it easily.
A looping hook to the body misses from Kid. Yoshida does a little dance to reset his feet.
Kid takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
A jab from Kid misses.
Kid throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Kid misses the jab.
Yoshida connects with a single shot there.
Kid thows a left - swing and a miss!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Yoshida fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Kid prevents a body shot from Yoshida.
Yoshida fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A short right from Yoshida.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Yoshida gets a trip takedown into half guard.
Kid looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Yoshida moves into full mount! Kid won't be happy about that!
Kid reaches up to try and control the position but Yoshida seems to have an arm triangle now! Uh oh! Kid rolls and tries to escape and now Yoshida has his back!
Yoshida looking to break Kid's wrist control so he can sink in the choke. Kid remaining controlled and patient though - he really has to keep calm otherwise Yoshida will wrap this one up with the rear naked choke!
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kid trying to control but not successfully.
Kid defends a rear naked choke attempt by controlling one of Yoshida's arms.
Kid trying to control the position but Yoshida manages to sink in the hooks.
Kid is really stuck here.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Yoshida is looking to finish the fight by rear naked choke. Kid knows exactly what he's got planned though, so he's defending well. Maybe a few strikes would soften Kid for a finish.
Kid defending nicely against the rear naked choke attempt.
Yoshida is looking to control Kid but Kid is wriggling around and keeping busy.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Kid is in bad spot here.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Yoshida is working hard for the rear naked choke here.
Yoshida not allowing Kid to control his hands.
Well, with Yoshida on his back, surely it's only a matter of time before Kid is tapping out... Can he escape the position?
I really don't envy Kid right now.
Yoshida gets his hands free as Kid looks to control.
Yoshida patiently working for the choke. Which fighter will keep their nerve here?
Hitoshi Yoshida has got the better of the ground game so far.
Yoshida avoiding Kid 's attempts to control his hands.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Kid tries to escape the position.
Kid wants to control his opponent's hands but Yoshida gets his hands free.
Kid turns into Yoshida and is now in his guard.
Kid preventing the sweep.
Yoshida is trying to control the position but Kid postures up.
Yoshida wants to improve his position but instead Kid has moved into half guard.
Kid is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Yoshida works his way to full guard. Good work.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Kid working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Yoshida's head.
Kid passes into half guard.
Kid is looking for a kimura here.
Kid throwing shots but Yoshida is blocking nicely.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Kid seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Yoshida does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
The fighters are battling for position here. Yoshida manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Yoshida manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Kid manages to get himself to full guard.
Kid looking for submissions from the bottom but instead Yoshida passes into side control.
Yoshida trying to control the position but Kid is working away.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Kid is looking for a sweep.
Yoshida thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Yoshida is looking to take a break and control but Kid is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Hitoshi Yoshida showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!
Kid moves out of range of the strikes.
Yoshida throws a body shot but no joy.
Yoshida stuffs the takedown.
Kid keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Kid takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
A left lands for Kid.
Yoshida tries to clinch but Kid is having none of it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Yoshida throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Kid on the side of the head.
Kid swings for the body but Yoshida moves out of range.
Yoshida misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Kid.
A little feinted left hand from Kid on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Kid lands a jab.
Disco Kid is winning the standup battle so far.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A big right from Kid misses.
Kid misses with a hook. Yoshida ducked under it nicely.
Kid throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Yoshida misses with an uppercut. Kid saw that one coming.
Yoshida tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in to close the distance. Kid manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Nice body punch from Yoshida.
Kid with a jab.
Yoshida digs a good body shot into Kid's ribs.
Kid throws a lazy right hand but Yoshida sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Yoshida misses with a straight left.
Yoshida ducks under a wild hook from Kid.
Kid lands a body shot.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kid moves out of range as Yoshida strikes.
Kid misses with a straight left.
Yoshida throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Kid scores with the left hand. Yoshida knows he should have avoided that one.
Yoshida keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Yoshida lands with a hook. Kid tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Kid throws a hook but Yoshida blocks it.
Yoshida stuns Kid with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Kid takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Kid uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Yoshida.
A jab from Kid misses.
Yoshida tries to counter by closing the distance.
Yoshida ducks under a wild hook from Kid.
Yoshida is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Yoshida moves away from the strike by Kid.
Kid tries to keep at a distance but Yoshida has taken the fight into the clinch.
Kid doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Kid tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Yoshida's elbow.
Yoshida tries to work over Kid's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Yoshida tries to throw a body punch but Kid avoids it by throwing Yoshida back against the ropes.
Kid prevents a body shot from Yoshida.
A body shot lands from Yoshida.
Yoshida has picked Kid up - he's going for a ride! Yoshida dumps his opponent to the mat with a thud and settles into half guard.
Yoshida wants to take a breather but Kid is having none of it.
Kid gets back to full guard.
Yoshida trying to control but Kid is working from the bottom.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Yoshida might have to switch it up a bit here because his efforts to control Kid haven't been going to plan, at least at the current moment in time.
Disco Kid has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Kid working a defensive guard here.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
Kid looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Yoshida trying to control the position from guard on top but Kid is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Yoshida dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Kid tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Yoshida defends well and Kid ends up having to push Yoshida into the ropes where they will battle it out in the clinch.
Yoshida throws a body shot but no joy.
Kid throwing a counter right hand but Yoshida manages to avoid it.
Yoshida lands with a shot to the body.
Yoshida looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Yoshida has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Kid trying to hold on to Yoshida's head to control him but Yoshida postures up.
Kid is refusing to be controlled, as Yoshida sits in half guard.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Kid moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Kid escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Yoshida gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Yoshida trying to control but Kid is working from the bottom.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Yoshida wants to pass the guard but Kid is keeping the position.
Kid keeping moving, preventing Yoshida from controlling successfully.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Kid throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Yoshida lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Kid moves forwards but Yoshida connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Kid shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Yoshida connects with a single shot there.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Kid sizes up Yoshida with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Yoshida slips under a jab from Kid.
Well,Kid is on his way to losing a decision here. Can he use his experience to pull something off in the closing minutes?
Yoshida wants to clinch.
A lazy left from Yoshida finds it's target.
Yoshida cracks Kid with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Yoshida uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Kid.
Kid sets himself, and Yoshida steps forward looking for the clinch! Kid avoids it this time.
Kid misses with a jab to the body
and Yoshida counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Yoshida.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Yoshida can't find room to land a body shot as Kid controls the action.
Yoshida wants to stall.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Yoshida can't find room to land a body shot as Kid controls the action.
Yoshida tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A shot in the inside from Yoshida.
Kid throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Yoshida tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Kid lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Yoshida doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Still in the clinch, Kid scores with a nice short uppercut.
Yoshida misses with a hook from the clinch.
Kid wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Kid takes a shot to the head.
Kid misses with a punch on the inside.
Yoshida softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.
Yoshida blocks a body shot from Kid.
Yoshida misses with a body punch.
Yoshida misses with a body punch.
Yoshida lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Kid backwards.
Yoshida lands a right hand.
Kid misses with a hook to the ribs.
And that's the end of the fight!
Hitoshi Yoshida comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Yoshida winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Shigeki Fujiwara scores the fight for Hitoshi Yoshida!
Judge Shirou Masuda scores the fight for Hitoshi Yoshida!
Judge Ren Mimura scores the fight for Hitoshi Yoshida!
Hitoshi Yoshida wins by unanimous decision!
Hitoshi Yoshida is the new featherweight champion!
A very excited looking Hitoshi Yoshida made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.
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