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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Lamont Banner (ranked 1539 p4p, 181 weight class) and Gasan Yakolev (ranked 991 p4p, 118 weight class). Gasan Yakolev has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Lamont Banner 's chin.
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BJJ Purple Belt
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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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
8 - 4 - 0, fighting out of New York, Lamont Banner !
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
8 - 4 - 0, fighting out of London, Gasan Yakolev!
The judges for this bout are Sosuke Kotani, Tatsuya Matsuyama and Yasuomi Hirokawa.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
We've got one fighter who appears to only be looking to counter and the other not looking particularly aggressive either, so we could be in for a dull fight.
Banner closes the distance and clinches.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Yakolev.
Yakolev scores with a shot to the side of Banner 's head.
A right hook to the body lands for Banner .
Banner swings wildly with an uppercut but Yakolev uses good head movement to avoid it.
Banner working aggressively here.
Banner lands with a left to the head.
A shot in the inside from Banner .
Banner misses with a hook from the clinch.
Banner definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Yakolev swings wildly with an uppercut but Banner uses good head movement to avoid it.
Banner tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Banner .
Banner swings wildly with an uppercut but Yakolev uses good head movement to avoid it.
Yakolev looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Banner scores with a shot to the side of Yakolev's head.
Yakolev swings wildly with an uppercut but Banner uses good head movement to avoid it.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Yakolev.
A right hook to the body lands for Yakolev.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Banner misses with a hook from the clinch.
Banner working aggressively here.
A head punch on the inside from Banner fails to land.
A head punch on the inside from Banner fails to land.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Banner lands a body shot in the clinch.
Yakolev is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Banner tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Yakolev lands a hook to the side of the head.
Yakolev lands a left hand that snaps the head of Banner backwards.
Yakolev swings wildly with an uppercut but Banner uses good head movement to avoid it.
Banner misses with a hook from the clinch.
Banner blocks an uppercut.
Yakolev misses with the head strike.
Yakolev has a couple of punches blocked by Banner .
Yakolev misses with a hook from the clinch.
Yakolev lands a right hand.
Banner digs a right hand underneath Yakolev's ribcage. Yakolev let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Banner tries to throw a body punch but Yakolev avoids it by throwing Banner back against the ropes.
Yakolev lands with a light punch inside.
Yakolev blocking some punches.
A short right from Banner .
Banner misses with a punch on the inside.
Banner lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Yakolev swings wildly with an uppercut but Banner uses good head movement to avoid it.
Banner working aggressively here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Banner misses with some punches.
Banner fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Yakolev tries to break free but Banner pushes him back against the ropes.
Yakolev lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Yakolev blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Banner misses with some punches.
Banner throws a head punch that misses.
Yakolev blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Yakolev pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Lamont Banner seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Banner is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Yakolev looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Banner wants to clinch
and Yakolev counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Banner , right into the meat.
Yakolev circles away from the clinch attempt.
Banner connects with a crisp jab.
Banner moves into the clinch.
Banner has a couple of punches blocked by Yakolev.
Yakolev breaks from the clinch.
Yakolev has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Yakolev there as he acknowledges the shot.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Banner throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Yakolev staying out of range there.
Banner throws out a loose jab but Yakolev uses good head movement to avoid it.
Banner tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Yakolev paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Banner misses with a lunging right hand
and Yakolev counters with a three punch combo that has Banner backing up. Banner nods at Yakolev to acknowledge the strikes.
Banner misses with a looping left.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Banner lands with an overhand left.
Banner scores with a punch to the head.
Yakolev is rocked!
Banner throws a pinpoint strike between Yakolev's hands that connects right on the jaw and sends Yakolev crashing to the floor! He's out before he even hits the mat and Banner scores a great knockout victory!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 5:30 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Lamont Banner !
Lamont Banner thanked the fans post fight for their support.
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hype
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RATING
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