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Event:
GC 523 Urbansky VS Ramsumair
Date: Apr 05, 2025 |
#R1#
Mays cracks Yamasaki with an open hand slap.
Mays has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Yamasaki gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Mays counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Yamasaki doesn't succeed with the takedown
letting Mays counter with a right hand.
Mays stalks Yamasaki and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Yamasaki's face. Yamasaki staggers backwards, shaken.
Yamasaki throws a lazy uppercut
and Mays counters with a nice uppercut.
Mays listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Yamasaki misses with a takedown attempt
and Mays counters with a straight right hand.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Kazu Yamasaki. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Yamasaki misses with a takedown
and Mays counters with a one-two to the body.
Yamasaki with a poor takedown
and Mays counters with a lovely straight right hand!#TD#
Yamasaki scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Yamasaki landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Yamasaki misses with the ground and pound.
Mays takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Mays really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Yamasaki. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Yamasaki landing strikes. #T1#
Mays is looking for a sweep.
Yamasaki landing a few strikes.
An elbow from Yamasaki crashes against the mat.
Mays avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Yamasaki.
Yamasaki lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Yamasaki remains in side control and seems content to stay there. It's a versatile position from which he can work both strikes and submissions, whilst maintaining that control, so maybe he'll sit here for a while.
Yamasaki looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Mays is avoiding damage well.
Yamasaki could do with losing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Yamasaki is working Mays over with some ground and pound from side control.
Yamasaki wants to control but Mays is keeping him busy.
Yamasaki tries to score with some ground and pound. Mays controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage. #T2#
Yamasaki cracks Mays with an elbow. That is naaassty.
Yamasaki looks up at the clock and then as Mays takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Yamasaki smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Yamasaki scores with a big shot from side control... and another... and another! Oh Mays is done here - save him referee! More strikes land and eventually the ref does step in and Yamasaki can finally stop beating on his defenseless opponent!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:30 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Kazu Yamasaki! |
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Event:
TUF Tests 2
Date: Mar 01, 2025 |
#R1##TD#
Yamasaki shoots in and gets a takedown into Picard's guard.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Yamasaki's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Yamasaki scoring with punches to the head and body.
Picard really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Yamasaki. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Yamasaki lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Yamasaki missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Yamasaki seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
Yamasaki working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Picard's head.
Yamasaki landing some decent shots from guard.
Yamasaki prevents Picard from getting back to his feet.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Yamasaki controls from within his opponent's guard.
Yamasaki scoring with punches to the head and body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Yamasaki postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Picard wants to get back to his feet but Yamasaki is in a dominant position and won't allow it. #ES2#
Picard manages to escape and get back to his feet.
#T1#
Yamasaki takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Boniface Picard is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Yamasaki takes one to the side of the head.
#TD#
Excellent takedown into side control there by Yamasaki.
Yamasaki cracks Picard with a big elbow.
Yamasaki working the ground and pound.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Yamasaki in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Yamasaki scoring with punches and elbows.
Picard wants to escape from the position here - easier said than done!
Yamasaki working the head with strikes.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Yamasaki lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Picard down.
Picard takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Yamasaki could do with losing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Picard on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Yamasaki lands a few punches from side control.
Picard taking a bit of punishment here - Yamasaki scoring with strikes.
Picard on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Yamasaki working the body and head with strikes.
Yamasaki has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.#T2#
Picard takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Yamasaki controlling the position from side mount.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Yamasaki creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
Yamasaki lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Picard down.
Yamasaki scores with a couple of short elbows.
Yamasaki cracks Picard with a big elbow.
Picard is not content to let Yamasaki control the position.
Picard is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Picard tries to escape but Yamasaki is in control.
Check out the look on Yamasaki's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Picard is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Yamasaki working the body and head with strikes. #T3#
Yamasaki lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Picard is not in a great position here, taking some shots. #ROC#Picard is rocked!
Yamasaki working the head with strikes.
Picard is still in real trouble! Can Yamasaki finish him?
Yamasaki lands a nice forearm strike.
Yamasaki cracks Picard with a big elbow.
Yamasaki lands a nice forearm strike.
Yamasaki cracks Picard with a big elbow. Oh, he's hurt! Yamasaki immediately mounts and start dropping bombs! Picard is done! The referee jumps in and saves him from any more punishment - a quick and decisive finish by Yamasaki!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:40 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Kazu Yamasaki! |
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