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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Gabriel Akamoah (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Yedo Kim (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Akamoah comes into the arena with Red Hot Chili Peppers - Can't Stop blaring out of the sound system. Kim has chosen "We Be Clubbin (Eye of the Tiger Remix)" by Ice Cube as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Rumors backstage are that the fighters have been paid to keep it standing but we know that would never happen in MMA!
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BJJ Purple Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Gabriel Akamoah!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
7 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Yedo Kim!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Sano, Yukihiro Yamamoto and Tatsuya Matsuyama.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Akamoah throws a shot from downtown. Kim moves away and avoids it.
Kim staying out of range there.
Akamoah lands with an overhand left.
Kim slips a jab from Akamoah.
Akamoah throws the left hand but Kim avoids the punch easily.
Kim takes a jab right on the kisser.
Akamoah swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Kim throws a solid leg kick but Akamoah takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Kim.
Akamoah checks a leg kick.
Akamoah wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Akamoah misses with a body shot.
Akamoah goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
It looks like Yedo Kim has been cut.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Akamoah lands a jab to the head.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Akamoah, as that shot connected.
Akamoah lands with an uppercut that bounces Kim off the ropes and back into rage.
Akamoah throws a nice looking combination but Kim bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Akamoah throws a jab when Kim was well out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Akamoah throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Kim throws a wild body kick that Akamoah sees coming a mile off.
Akamoah avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Akamoah throws a nice looking combination but Kim bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Akamoah blocks the body kick.
Akamoah digs a good hook to Kim's body.
Kim gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Kim tries a body shot but Akamoah blocks it.
The fighters are pressed against the ropes, as the pace of the fight slows.
Kim is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Akamoah is defending well for now.
Akamoah wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Kim will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Akamoah up against the ropes.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Akamoah wants to break the clinch but can't.
Akamoah is trying to break the clinch but Kim is controlling him.
Kim has Akamoah pressed against the ropes.
Akamoah wants to get back to striking at distance but Kim won't allow it.
Akamoah is trying to break free.
Kim prevents Akamoah from breaking the clinch.
Kim leaning against his opponent.
Kim keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Akamoah's efforts to push away.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kim misses with a knee to the head.
Kim lands an elbow just above Akamoah 's eye.
It looks like Gabriel Akamoah has been cut.
Kim tries to land knees in the clinch but Akamoah avoids the damage to the body.
Kim lands an elbow inside.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Kim takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Kim stalling in the clinch but Akamoah improves position.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Yedo Kim.
Kim lands a front kick.
Akamoah stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Kim.
Gabriel Akamoah seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Akamoah is trying to break the clinch but Kim has him pressed against the ropes.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kim content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Akamoah has had enough of the clinch but Kim keeps him there for the moment.
Akamoah avoiding damage as Kim throws knees to the body.
Kim tries to land knees in the clinch but Akamoah avoids the damage to the body.
Kim avoiding damage.
Kim missing with knees to the body.
Akamoah blocks an elbow strike from Kim.
Kim putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Akamoah in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Akamoah on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Akamoah is trying to break free.
Kim misses with a knee to the head.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Kim throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
A body shot lands from Kim.
Akamoah is breathing heavily.
Kim leaning his opponent against the ropes.
Kim lands a nice elbow.
Kim stalling.
Kim connects with a nasty looking knee right to Akamoah's face.
Kim with a knee to the head.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Akamoah managing to block the knees to the body from Kim.
Kim gets through Akamoah's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Kim landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Kim is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Akamoah is defending well for now.
Kim holding his opponent close, against the ropes.
Kim working Akamoah over with knees to the body.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Akamoah really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Kim tries to land knees in the clinch but Akamoah avoids the damage to the body.
The referee calls for Kim to work.
Kim receives a warning from the referee for stalling.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Yedo Kim.
Kim pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Akamoah misses the shot to the body.
Kim scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Kim.
Akamoah misses with a wild combination.
Kim clinches up with Akamoah and pushes him back against the ropes.
A bit of stalling here from Kim.
Akamoah takes an elbow to the temple.
Kim using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Kim lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Kim connects with a nasty looking knee right to Akamoah's face.
Gabriel Akamoah's cut is getting worse.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Kim is struggling to control the position.
Kim lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Akamoah blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Knees to the body from Kim.
A frustrated look appears on Akamoah's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Kim taking a breather.
Kim trying to land knees to the body.
Kim landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Stalling in the clinch from Kim.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Kim putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Akamoah in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Kim unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Kim creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Akamoah's defenses.
Kim tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Kim putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Akamoah in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
A bit of stalling here from Kim.
Kim tries a knee to the head but Akamoah blocks it.
Akamoah takes a knee right on the jaw!
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Kim obliges.
Kim tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Akamoah avoids it.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Kim comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Kim stalling.
Akamoah wants to break the clinch but can't.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Yedo Kim dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the ring so we can get back down to business.
Akamoah circles away from the clinch attempt.
Akamoah jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Akamoah moves out of range of the strikes.
Akamoah throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Kim on the side of the head.
Akamoah throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Kim lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
A telegraphed right hand from Akamoah misses the target.
Kim lands with a slapping head kick.
Kim tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Akamoah was well out of range. Poor timing from Kim.
Kim throws a leg kick but Akamoah moved away.
Kim misses with a low kick.
Akamoah avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Kim throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Akamoah listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kim misses with a low kick.
Kim throws a quick inside leg kick.
Gabriel Akamoah is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Good work by Akamoah as he checks the leg kick.
Akamoah swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Akamoah lands a body shot.
Kim is breathing heavily.
Kim avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Akamoah connects with a single shot there.
Gabriel Akamoah is winning the standup battle so far.
Kim uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Akamoah.
Kim attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Kim throws a nice outside leg kick.
Akamoah tries to keep at a distance but Kim has taken the fight into the clinch.
Kim digs a right hand into Akamoah's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Akamoah's gas tank.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kim unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Kim leaning against his opponent.
Kim landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Kim landing knees to the body.
Kim will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Akamoah up against the ropes.
Kim trying to land knees to the body.
Kim taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Yedo Kim.
Akamoah cracks a nice hook into Kim's ribs.
Akamoah scores with a jab to the head.
Kim clinches with his opponent.
Akamoah blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Kim unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Kim is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kim lands a damaging elbow.
Kim is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Akamoah is keeping busy.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Yedo Kim.
A head kick misses from Kim.
Nice straight punches there by Akamoah. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Akamoah.
Akamoah throws a big shot that misses.
Kim has managed to clinch.
Akamoah is trying to break the clinch but Kim is controlling him.
Akamoah tries to break free but Kim pushes him back against the ropes.
Kim missing with knees to the body.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Kim lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Akamoah tries to break the clinch but Kim is controlling the position.
Akamoah takes an elbow to the temple.
Kim with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Kim misses with a knee strike.
Kim tries to land knees in the clinch but Akamoah avoids the damage to the body.
Akamoah is trying to break the clinch but Kim is controlling him.
Yedo Kim seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Kim comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Akamoah is trying to force a seperation but Kim has the dominant position.
Kim connects with a knee to the head.
Akamoah is trying to break the clinch but Kim is controlling him.
Kim is trying to stall.
Akamoah is trying to break the clinch but Kim is controlling him.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Akamoah tries to break free but Kim pushes him back against the ropes.
Akamoah looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Kim just leaning against Akamoah, taking a breather.
Kim tries to land a knee to the head but Akamoah blocks with his arms.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Kim is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Akamoah is defending well for now.
Akamoah is trying to break the clinch but Kim has him pressed against the ropes.
Akamoah has had enough of the clinch but Kim keeps him there for the moment.
Kim tries a knee to the head but Akamoah blocks it.
A frustrated look appears on Akamoah's face as he tries to break the clinch.
With the fighters up against the ropes, Kim throws an elbow but misses.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Kim is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Akamoah has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Akamoah wants to get back to striking at distance but Kim won't allow it.
Akamoah tries to break free but Kim pushes him back against the ropes.
Akamoah wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Kim taking a breather.
Kim trying to control the position but instead, Akamoah has worked for underhooks and has pushed Kim into the ropes.
Akamoah managing to block the knees to the body from Kim.
Kim trying to control the position but instead, Akamoah has worked for underhooks and has pushed Kim into the ropes.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Kim.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Kim.
Kim stalling the fight.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Yedo Kim.
Akamoah scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Akamoah lands a jab to the head.
Nice straight punches there by Akamoah. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Akamoah.
Kim displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Akamoah throws out the jab.
Akamoah throws a looping overhand right but Kim ducks down to avoid it.
Akamoah looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Kim tries a head kick but it misses.
Akamoah misses with an uppercut. Kim saw that one coming.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Akamoah throws a lazy right hand but Kim sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Akamoah misses with the combination.
Akamoah will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Akamoah misses with a looping right.
Kim chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Kim attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Akamoah chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Kim can pounce on him.
Akamoah looks to land a left hand but Kim moved out of range nicely.
Akamoah fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Akamoah misses with a looping right.
Akamoah throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Kim.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Yedo Kim showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the ring so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!
Kim lands a nice leg kick that just misses Akamoah's sensitive parts.
Akamoah avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Akamoah comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
A chopping leg kick lands by Kim.
Akamoah moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Akamoah fails to land with a series of punches.
Kim bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Akamoah throws a sloppy body shot
and Kim counters with a good low kick that Akamoah was not able to check.
Kim clinches with his opponent.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Kim is stalling here.
Kim lands a knee to the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kim has Akamoah pressed against the ropes.
Akamoah wants to stall.
Kim taking a breather.
Kim trying to control the position but instead, Akamoah has worked for underhooks and has pushed Kim into the ropes.
Kim unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Kim displaying some good clinch control by pressing Akamoah up against the ropes.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kim tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Akamoah avoids it.
Akamoah blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Kim stalling against the ropes.
Kim is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the ropes.
Akamoah is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Yedo Kim.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Kim.
Akamoah tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Kim was well out of range. Poor timing from Akamoah.
Kim is looking to slow Akamoah down with leg kicks.
Akamoah misses with a hook. Kim ducked under it nicely.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A slow jab from Akamoah misses its intended target.
Kim pushes Akamoah away with a front kick.
Kim scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Kim moves out of range of the strikes.
Kim avoids the body shot from Akamoah.
Akamoah takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Kim lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Kim dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Akamoah. That did some damage!
Kim connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Kim is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Akamoah.
Kim darts in and clinches Akamoah up against the ropes.
Kim landing knees to the head.
Kim pressing his opponent against the ropes.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kim continues to stall. The referee tells him to work or he's going to break them up.
The crowd are getting on Kim's back here. They're not happy about his lack of aggression in the clinch.
Akamoah dodges an elbow strike from Kim.
The referee is keeping an eye on Kim - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Kim landing knees to the head.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Akamoah taking a breather.
Kim throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Kim using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Akamoah has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Kim dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the ropes.
Kim looking to stall.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Yedo Kim.
Akamoah checks the leg kick.
Akamoah misses with a series of wild punches.
Kim instigates a clinch.
Kim goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Kim obliges.
Kim putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Akamoah in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Kim avoiding damage.
Kim tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Akamoah avoids it.
Kim keeps control of Akamoah as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Kim lands a damaging elbow.
Kim has Akamoah pushed against the ropes.
Kim misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Akamoah.
Yedo Kim is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Kim scores with a nice hook to the head.
Kim slowing the pace effectively.
Kim misses with a knee to the head.
Kim tries to land a knee to the head but Akamoah blocks with his arms.
Kim avoiding damage.
Akamoah is looking to break free of the clinch but Kim has double underhooks.
Kim lands an elbow inside that Akamoah shrugs off.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Akamoah is trying to break the clinch but Kim has him pressed against the ropes.
Kim controlling the action here for a moment.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Yedo Kim.
Akamoah scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Kim walks into a left hand.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Akamoah will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Gabriel Akamoah has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Akamoah thuds a left hand into Kim's body.
Akamoah misses with a straight left.
Akamoah throws a right and a left that Kim avoids nicely.
Akamoah throws a combination. Kim tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
A slapping leg kick lands for Kim.
Akamoah scores with a nice strike.
Akamoah scores with a nice strike.
Akamoah scores with a jab.
Akamoah throws a shot from downtown. Kim moves away and avoids it.
Akamoah moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Kim chopping away at his opponent's legs.
And that's the end of the fight!
Yedo Kim comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Kim 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 Sano scores the fight for Yedo Kim!
Judge Yukihiro Yamamoto scores the fight for Yedo Kim!
Judge Tatsuya Matsuyama scores the fight for Yedo Kim!
Yedo Kim wins by unanimous decision!
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