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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Norifumi Yamamoto (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Marcus Miller (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Marcus Miller will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.
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170 lbs
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181 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Cuts easily |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Prefers standup |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the welterweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Norifumi Yamamoto!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Marcus Miller!
The judges for this bout are Ivan Kurochkin, Aleksandr Martynov and Aleksei Zolotukhin.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Yamamoto fails with the takedown.
Miller lands a jab to the nose.
Miller lands a head kick that stumbles Yamamoto and the fighters go to the mat.
Yamamoto is rocked!
It looks like Norifumi Yamamoto has been cut.
Yamamoto wants to hit a switch here but Miller passes into full mount! Oh no, disaster for Yamamoto there!
Oh Yamamoto is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Miller tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Yamamoto really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Yamamoto seems to have got his legs back now.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Yamamoto is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Yamamoto keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Yamamoto is working hard here to advance position.
Miller takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Yamamoto is working to get back to half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Yamamoto tries to hold on but Miller pushes him away.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Yamamoto is working to get back to half guard.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Marcus Miller dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Norifumi Yamamoto's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Yamamoto shoots in for a double leg but Miller sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Miller tests Yamamoto's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Yamamoto tries for a takedown but Miller sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Yamamoto closes this distance looking for a takedown but Miller circles away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Norifumi Yamamoto. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Miller getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Miller lands with a cross.
Miller goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Miller cracks Yamamoto with a hook to the temple - Yamamoto is on wobbly legs here! Miller swarms him with hook after hook, landing with each one! Yamamoto falls to the canvas face first and the referee dives in to stop the fight! Miller wins by TKO!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:30 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Marcus Miller!
Marcus Miller is the new welterweight champion!
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energy
A | B |
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hype
A | B |
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
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