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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Daniel Feldman (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jimmy Almerson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.
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265 lbs
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225 lbs
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BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
Good chin |
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Counter striker
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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
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Daniel Feldman!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Jimmy Almerson!
The judges for this bout are Tatsuya Matsuyama, Ren Mimura and Shirou Masuda.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Almerson wants to clinch up but Feldman keeps it at a distance.
Almerson misses with a wild body shot.
Almerson showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Feldman.
Almerson throws a combination that misses
and Feldman counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
A combination from Feldman does no damage.
Almerson tries for a takedown but Feldman circles away easily
and Feldman counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Feldman swats away the attempt to clinch by Almerson.
Feldman swats away the attempt to clinch by Almerson.
Almerson tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Almerson misses with a takedown
and Feldman counters with a one-two to the body.
Daniel Feldman seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Feldman works over Almerson's head and body with a nice combination.
Almerson tries to close the distance and clinch but Feldman swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Feldman misses with a wild combination.
Feldman looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Almerson misses with a double jab
and Feldman counters with a three punch combo that has Almerson backing up. Almerson nods at Feldman to acknowledge the strikes.
Feldman throws a series of punches but Almerson moves out of range.
Daniel Feldman is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Feldman lands with a nice combination. Almerson backs away looking to recover.
Feldman swinging wilding here.
Almerson falls off balance throwing a combination
and Feldman counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Feldman throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Almerson shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Feldman but Feldman pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Daniel Feldman has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jimmy Almerson.
Almerson misses with a takedown attempt
and Feldman counters with a one-two to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Almerson tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Almerson doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Feldman counters with a series of strikes. Almerson will be more careful next time no doubt.
Feldman throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Feldman swinging wilding here.
Almerson showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Feldman.
Feldman lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Feldman.
Feldman misses with a combination
and Almerson holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Feldman blocks an uppercut.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Feldman is pressed up against the cage. Almerson has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Feldman down to the mat. Feldman avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Almerson wants to clinch up but Feldman keeps it at a distance.
Almerson doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Feldman counters with a two punch combo.
Feldman rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Almerson moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Almerson drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
The referee tells the fighters to keep busy.
Almerson looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Feldman could do with loosing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Almerson looks gassed!
Almerson is trying to get an arm triangle but Feldman is defending well.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Almerson wants to control but Feldman is keeping him busy.
Feldman prevents Almerson from moving into mount.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Daniel Feldman dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Almerson has his takedown stuffed
and Feldman counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Almerson falls off balance throwing a combination
and Feldman counters with a two punch combo.
Almerson closes the distance but Feldman moves to the side
and Feldman counters with a one-two to the body.
Almerson avoids a punch combination nicely.
Feldman throws a left and a right that both miss
and Almerson counters by moving into the clinch.
Feldman wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Almerson has him pressed against the cage.
Almerson pulls Feldman into guard.
Almerson looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Almerson is looking for a triangle but Feldman pushes his legs off easily.
Almerson is breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Almerson looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
That's two 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.
Feldman knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Almerson on the ground.
Almerson working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Feldman doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Feldman manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Feldman rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Almerson moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Feldman lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Almerson circles away quickly and effectively.
Feldman tries to bum rush Almerson with a series of wild strikes but Almerson uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Almerson with a poor takedown
and Feldman counters with a series of strikes. Almerson will be more careful next time no doubt.
Almerson has his takedown stuffed
and Feldman counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Daniel Feldman has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jimmy Almerson.
Almerson tries to clinch there but Feldman circles away.
Almerson doesn't manage to clinch there - Feldman circles away.
Feldman will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Almerson tries to clinch
and Feldman counters with a three punch combo that has Almerson backing up. Almerson nods at Feldman to acknowledge the strikes.
Feldman looks to land a combination. Almerson sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
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.
Feldman looks to land a combination but Almerson avoids it well.
No joy there for Feldman, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Almerson tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Feldman paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Almerson gets the takedown into side control.
Almerson tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Almerson has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Almerson wants to lay and pray for a moment but Feldman keeps working.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Jimmy Almerson will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.
Feldman throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Feldman is working the combinations to good effect here.
A combination from Feldman does no damage.
Feldman falls off balance throwing a combination
and Almerson counters by moving into the clinch.
Almerson tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Feldman is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Almerson breaks from the clinch.
Almerson with a poor takedown
and Feldman counters with a three punch combo that has Almerson backing up. Almerson nods at Feldman to acknowledge the strikes.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Almerson fails with an attempt to clinch.
Feldman throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Almerson misses with a double jab.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Feldman throws a right and a left that both miss.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Feldman falls off balance throwing a combination
and Almerson counters by clinching up.
Almerson jumps guard but Feldman stands there with Almerson around his waist. Almerson gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Almerson leaning against his opponent.
Almerson misses with a hook from the clinch.
Almerson is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Feldman gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Daniel Feldman has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jimmy Almerson.
Almerson throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Feldman blocks it with crossed arms.
Feldman tries to break the clinch but Almerson is controlling the position.
Almerson wants a takedown but no success here.
Stalling in the clinch from Almerson.
Almerson keeps control of Feldman as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Feldman wants to break free but Almerson has control.
Almerson manages to break the clinch.
Almerson shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Feldman counters with a one-two to the body.
Almerson fails with the takedown
and Feldman counters with a two punch combo.
Feldman throws a series of punches but Almerson avoids them all with ease.
Almerson avoids a punch combination nicely.
Almerson takes the fight into the clinch.
Almerson swings wildly with an uppercut but Feldman uses good head movement to avoid it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Almerson tries for a takedown but Feldman manages to get underhooks.
Almerson misses with a knee strike.
Feldman wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Almerson is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Feldman gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Almerson escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Feldman misses with a few strikes there.
Feldman throws a right hand that Almerson ducks under and follows up with a left that Almerson also avoids with ease.
Danga de danga de dang - Feldman scores with a four punch combination!
Almerson has closed the distance and engaged Feldman in a clinch.
Feldman prevents a body shot from Almerson.
That's four 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.
Almerson goes for a takedown attempt but Feldman pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
No joy there for Feldman, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Feldman throws a nice looking combination but Almerson bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
A slow jab from Almerson misses its intended target.
Feldman avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Almerson wants to clinch.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Feldman throws a series of punches but Almerson moves out of range.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Jimmy Almerson.
I think Almerson has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Tatsuya Matsuyama scores the fight 28:29
Judge Ren Mimura scores the fight 28:29
Judge Shirou Masuda scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jimmy Almerson!
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energy
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RATING
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