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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Soo Young Yoo (ranked 1612 p4p, 2592 weight class) and Baron Li (ranked 151 p4p, 213 weight class). Li has chosen from me to u - BABYMETAL ft. Poppy as his entrance music. Baron Li acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the ring.
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BJJ Brown Belt
Solid boxing
Good chin |
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World class MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 1 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 12 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Soo Young Yoo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Baron Li!
The judges for this bout are Shirou Masuda, Hirohito Nitta and Sosuke Kotani.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Li throws a nice outside leg kick.
Li's corner calls for a 1-2. Li obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Yoo misses with an uppercut. Li saw that one coming.
Yoo on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Yoo has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Li finds it's way round the side to connect with Yoo's head.
Li feints and then cracks Yoo's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Yoo down.
Li jabs at Yoo's body.
Li misses the shot to the body.
Nice defenses there by Yoo.
Yoo swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Nice cross by Li.
A nice leg kick lands there from Li.
Li throws a head kick that misses
and Yoo counters with a lovely straight right hand!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Yoo tries to bum rush Li with a series of wild strikes but Li uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Li punishes Yoo's body with a nice straight punch.
A slapping leg kick lands for Li.
Yoo looks to throw the jab but Li is out of range.
We've been hearing reports that Yoo has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.
Yoo looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Yoo is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Li.
Li lunges at Yoo with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Yoo's hand.
Li lands an overhand right.
Yoo connects with a right hand. Li shakes it off.
Li rushes Yoo and presses him up against the ropes.
Li throws a punch but it's blocked by Yoo.
Li lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Li swings wildly with an uppercut but Yoo uses good head movement to avoid it.
Yoo wants a takedown but no success here.
Li breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Li misses with a hook. Yoo ducked under it nicely.
Li misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Yoo.
Li scores with a hook to the body. Yoo takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Yoo takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Baron Li is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Li scores with a hook.
Li connects with a leg kick.
Li lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Yoo misses with an uppercut.
Li is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Yoo had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into mush.
Yoo throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Li connects with a solid leg kick.
Li with the inside leg kick.
Li pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
An attempted straight right counter from Yoo misses the target.
Yoo takes one to the chin there.
Li cracks Yoo with a right hand to the side of the head.
Li throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Yoo sees it coming and avoids it easily.
A little feinted left hand from Yoo on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Yoo steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Li. That one must have hurt.
Yoo on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Li. Li obviously looking to wear him down.
Li tries to close the distance and clinch but Yoo swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Yoo takes a jab right on the kisser.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Yoo shoots in looking for a takedown. Li tries to sprawl out of it but Yoo keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the ropes. Li manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Yoo moves out of range as Li strikes.
Baron Li seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Li lands a head shot.
Yoo throws a jab but it's blocked by Li.
Yoo cracks Li with an open hand slap.
Li scores with a hook.
Li lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
A nice leg kick lands there from Li.
Yoo slips a straight right by Li.
Yoo scores with a jab.
Li misses with a body kick.
Li thows a left - swing and a miss!
The fighters circle momentarily. Li darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Li uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Yoo.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Li throws a nice outside leg kick.
Li thumps Yoo with a low kick.
Yoo tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Li moves away from the strike by Yoo.
A lazy left from Li finds it's target.
A looping hook to the body misses from Li. Yoo does a little dance to reset his feet.
Li fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Yoo has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Yoo walks forward, straight into a front kick from Li.
Li misses the jab.
Yoo drops his hands momentarily and Li takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Li connects with a body shot that sends Yoo's belly button to the back.
Good standup being displayed there by Li as he connects with a hook.
Li chopping away at his opponent's legs.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Li scores with a nice right hand.
Li thumps Yoo with a low kick.
Li throws a lazy head kick
and Yoo counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Yoo throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Li throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Li throws a jab but it's blocked by Yoo.
A little feinted left hand from Yoo on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Li lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Li comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Yoo with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Li to score with a decent uppercut.
Yoo takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Li.
Li throws a lazy right hand but Yoo sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Li - that will leave a mark!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Li lands with a thumping leg kick.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
A nice leg kick from Li, right into the meat of the thigh.
Li swings widly with a right hand
and Yoo counters with a nice kick to the body.
Li is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Yoo.
Yoo looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Li throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Yoo sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Yoo is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Yoo looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Nice uppercut lands for Li. That snapped Yoo's head back.
Yoo fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Li manages to avoid it.
Jab from Li.
Li misses with a looping right.
An attempted straight right counter from Yoo misses the target.
Li looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Yoo is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Yoo has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Li.
Li throws a hook to the side of Yoo's head but Yoo sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Yoo uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Li.
Li tests Yoo's chin there with a solid looking shot.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Li misses with a looping left.
Li lands with a thumping leg kick.
Li throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Yoo on the side of the head.
Li checks the leg kick.
Li throws a hook but Yoo avoids it easily.
Li slips under a jab from Yoo.
Yoo misses with a looping left.
Li throws a head kick but Yoo moves out of range.
Yoo is looking to counter punch.
Li throws a leg kick which misses Yoo's front leg but catches the back leg as Yoo tries to avoid it.
Li moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Yoo uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Li.
Li lands with a shot to the body.
Li scores with a crisp jab that stopped Yoo in his tracks.
Li connects with a jab.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
A slapping leg kick lands for Li.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Li misses with a right hand
and Yoo counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Li chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Yoo throws a looping overhand right but Li ducks down to avoid it.
Li throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Li rushes Yoo and pushes him back against the ropes in a clinch.
A nice right hand lands inside from Li.
Li lands a nice uppercut.
Li prevents a takedown attempt there.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Soo Young Yoo. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Li lands a nice uppercut.
Li pushes Yoo back against the ropes and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Li working some nice short punches in the clinch.
A shot in the inside from Li.
Yoo tries to score a body lock takedown but Li shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Li lands a body punch in the clinch.
Li lands an uppercut.
A nice right hand lands inside from Li.
Li scores with an uppercut up the middle.
A short right from Li.
Yoo is rocked!
Li lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Oh Yoo is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Li lands a body shot.
Yoo is breathing heavily.
Li gets through Yoo's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Li creates a bit of space for himself and rocks Yoo with a big uppercut! Yoo tries to clinch up but Li pushes him back against the ropes and lands another monster strike that crumples Yoo to the mat! Yoo covers up and Li unloads with more strikes until the referee steps in to end the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 9:38 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Baron Li!
A very excited looking Baron Li made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.
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energy
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hype
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